gastroenteritis

Summary

Summary: INFLAMMATION of any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM. Causes of gastroenteritis are many including genetic, infection, HYPERSENSITIVITY, drug effects, and CANCER.

Webpages

  1. mock exam | microbiology & immunology
    ome.umaryland.edu/AcademicD/practiceExams/micro/MicroImmuno_ ...
  2. texas department of state health services, infectious disease control unit > rubella
    www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/rubella/
  3. enterobacteriaceae
    www.channing.harvard.edu/6.htm
  4. texas department of state health services, infectious disease control unit > vibrio parahaemolyticus
    www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/vibrio/parahaemolyticus/
  5. case based pediatrics chapter
    www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pedtext/s09c03.html
  6. bacteria.viruses
    www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bsci100/bacteria.viruses.htm
  7. texas department of state health services, infectious disease control unit > for professionals/clinicians
    www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/sars/professionals/sars_an ...
  8. case 262 --clinical microbiology case
    path.upmc.edu/cases/case262.html
  9. inflammatory gastroenteritis
    www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/tritzid/infgas.htm
  10. parenting and child health - health topics - cytomegalovirus
    www.cyh.sa.gov.au/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114 ...

Research Grants

  1. Investigations into the molecular mechanisms underlying
    C D Atreya; Fiscal Year: 2003
  2. ENTERIC VIRAL INFECTIONS OF CAPTIVE RHESUS MACAQUES
    Karol Sestak; Fiscal Year: 2008
  3. Novel diagnostics and therapeutics for caliciviruses
    MARY KOLB ESTES; Fiscal Year: 2008
  4. IMMUNITY AND PATHOGENESIS OF A NOVEL NOROVIRUS
    Herbert W Virgin; Fiscal Year: 2008
  5. INDO-US Collaboration to Develop Rotavirus Vaccines
    Pratima Ray; Fiscal Year: 2005
  6. Effect of a sanitation & nutrition intervention on HIV-exposed infant health
    JEAN HAWES HUMPHREY; Fiscal Year: 2008
  7. The Norwalk-like Caliciviruses Associated With Epidemic
    Kim Green; Fiscal Year: 2006
  8. Studies Of Gastroenteritis Viruses By Electron Microscop
    ALBERT KAPIKIAN; Fiscal Year: 2006
  9. Molecular analysis of astrovirus capsid assembly
    Neel K Krishna; Fiscal Year: 2005
  10. Effects of Probiotic Lactobacilli on Rotavirus Immunity
    Lijuan Yuan; Fiscal Year: 2006

Publications

  1. Incidence of Norwalk-like viruses, rotavirus and adenovirus infection in patients with acute gastroenteritis in Jakarta, Indonesia
    D Subekti
    U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, American Embassy Jakarta, Unit 8132, NAMRU-2, FPO AP, 96520-8132, Indonesia
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 33:27-33
  2. A large multi-pathogen waterborne community outbreak linked to faecal contamination of a groundwater system, France, 2000
    A Gallay
    Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint Maurice, France
    Clin Microbiol Infect 12:561-70
  3. Epidemiological aspects of human rotavirus infection in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in an area of northern Italy
    Maria Cristina Medici
    Sezione di Microbiologia, Dipartimento di Patologia e Medicina di Laboratorio, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy
    Acta Biomed 75:100-6
  4. Virus diversity and an outbreak of group C rotavirus among infants and children with diarrhea in Maizuru city, Japan during 2002-2003
    Tung Gia Phan
    Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    J Med Virol 74:173-9
  5. Acute infantile gastroenteritis associated with human enteric viruses in Tunisia
    Khira Sdiri Loulizi
    Centre National de Référence des Virus Entériques, Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, 2 Boulevard Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, BP 77908, F 21079 Dijon cedex, France
    J Clin Microbiol 46:1349-55
  6. Human astrovirus, norovirus (GI, GII), and sapovirus infections in Pakistani children with diarrhea
    Tung Gia Phan
    Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    J Med Virol 73:256-61
  7. Waterborne outbreak of Norwalk-like virus gastroenteritis at a tourist resort, Italy
    Delia Boccia
    Department of Communicable Disease, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
    Emerg Infect Dis 8:563-8
  8. Epidemiologic and molecular trends of "Norwalk-like viruses" associated with outbreaks of gastroenteritis in the United States
    Rebecca L Fankhauser
    Viral Gastroenteritis Section, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    J Infect Dis 186:1-7
  9. Acute gastroenteritis cases associated with noroviruses infection in the state of Rio de Janeiro
    M S R Ferreira
    Laboratory of Comparative Virology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    J Med Virol 80:338-44
  10. Molecular and epidemiological features of norovirus-associated gastroenteritis outbreaks in Victoria, Australia in 2001
    John A Marshall
    Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    J Med Virol 75:321-31

Scientific Experts

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  1. mock exam | microbiology & immunology
    ome.umaryland.edu/AcademicD/practiceExams/micro/MicroImmuno_ ...
  2. texas department of state health services, infectious disease control unit > rubella
    www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/rubella/
  3. enterobacteriaceae
    www.channing.harvard.edu/6.htm
  4. texas department of state health services, infectious disease control unit > vibrio parahaemolyticus
    www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/vibrio/parahaemolyticus/
  5. case based pediatrics chapter
    www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pedtext/s09c03.html
  6. bacteria.viruses
    www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bsci100/bacteria.viruses.htm
  7. texas department of state health services, infectious disease control unit > for professionals/clinicians
    www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/sars/professionals/sars_an ...
  8. case 262 --clinical microbiology case
    path.upmc.edu/cases/case262.html
  9. inflammatory gastroenteritis
    www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/tritzid/infgas.htm
  10. parenting and child health - health topics - cytomegalovirus
    www.cyh.sa.gov.au/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114 ...
  11. wahid interface - oie world animal health information database
    www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=disease
  12. bsci 424 pathogenic microbiology -- escherichia
    www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci424/PathogenDescriptions/Esch ...
  13. welcome to the eciwo acupuncture seminar
    www.eciwo.sdu.edu.cn/uk-seminar.html
  14. exotoxins and extracellular virulence factors produced by certain bacteria pathogenic for humans
    www.succeed.ufl.edu/content/abe2062/lect/lect_25/exotoxin.ht ...
  15. department of laboratory medicine & pathology - faculty: xiaoli lilly pang
    www.lmp.ualberta.ca/personnel/faculty/pang.htm
  16. college of veterinary medicine
    www.vet.k-state.edu/depts/dmp/personnel/faculty/chang.htm
  17. untitled document
    www.vetmed.wisc.edu/pbs/zoonoses/GIk9fel/campylobacter.html
  18. viruses genomes home page | 2can support portal | ebi
    www.ebi.ac.uk/2can/genomes/viruses.html
  19. oophoritis
    www.cgmh.org.tw/intr/intr5/c6700/OBGYN/f/web/Oophoritis/inde ...
  20. all topics - quest diagnostics patient health library
    www.questdiagnostics.com/kbase/list/all/g.htm
  21. sars-cov
    www.brown.edu/Courses/Bio_160/Projects2004/sars/SARS-CoV/ref ...
  22. assurance of seafood quality
    www.fao.org/docrep/003/t1768e/T1768E10.htm
  23. serology
    www.addl.purdue.edu/userguide/serology/filter.asp?name=LEP
  24. diarrhea: medlineplus
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diarrhea.html
  25. cryptosporidiosis (cryptosporidium parvum) - minnesota dept. of health
    www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/cryptosporidiosis ...
  26. viral gastroenteritis
    web.uct.ac.za/depts/mmi/jmoodie/gastro2.html
  27. us fda/cfsan - bad bug book - rotavirus
    vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap33.html

Research Grants62

  1. Investigations into the molecular mechanisms underlying
    C D Atreya; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..Rotavirus is a 70 nm non-enveloped virus containing 11 segments of double stranded RNA genome. Severe gastroenteritis in both developed and less developed countries is caused by rotaviruses and currently there is no licensed ..
  2. ENTERIC VIRAL INFECTIONS OF CAPTIVE RHESUS MACAQUES
    Karol Sestak; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..In addition, human caliciviruses are responsible for over 80% of nonbacterial gastroenteritis outbreaks affecting all age groups and up to 20% of sporadic acute gastroenteritis episodes in children...
  3. Novel diagnostics and therapeutics for caliciviruses
    MARY KOLB ESTES; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..in the Norovirus genus of the family Caliciviridae, are the most common cause of outbreaks of nonbacterial gastroenteritis in the U.S...
  4. IMMUNITY AND PATHOGENESIS OF A NOVEL NOROVIRUS
    Herbert W Virgin; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Noroviruses (NoV, Category B Biodefense agents) are the major etiologic agent of nonbacterial, epidemic gastroenteritis worldwide, causing significant suffering, morbidity, and economic loss...
  5. INDO-US Collaboration to Develop Rotavirus Vaccines
    Pratima Ray; Fiscal Year: 2005
    Rotavirus infects all children by 5 years of life, and is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis worldwide. In the US, rotavirus is a common cause of morbidity, accounting for considerable health-care costs...
  6. Effect of a sanitation & nutrition intervention on HIV-exposed infant health
    JEAN HAWES HUMPHREY; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..one way to minimize MTCT, but several studies in developing countries have observed high rates of associated gastroenteritis, growth faltering, and mortality...
  7. The Norwalk-like Caliciviruses Associated With Epidemic
    Kim Green; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..The noroviruses are the major cause of nonbacterial epidemic gastroenteritis that occurs in family, school, institutional, or community-wide outbreaks, affecting all age groups...
  8. Studies Of Gastroenteritis Viruses By Electron Microscop
    ALBERT KAPIKIAN; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..In addition, its role in attempting to visualize the presence of expressed rotavirus virus-like particles and to discern their morphology continues to be relevant to the research program...
  9. Molecular analysis of astrovirus capsid assembly
    Neel K Krishna; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..study are the astroviruses, a family of icosahedral, single-stranded RNA virus that is a causative agent of gastroenteritis in both humans and animals...
  10. Effects of Probiotic Lactobacilli on Rotavirus Immunity
    Lijuan Yuan; Fiscal Year: 2006
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Rotaviruses are the leading cause of severe gastroenteritis in infants and children worldwide...
  11. Probiotics for Infectious Diarrhea in Children in South India
    Honorine D Ward; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Rotavirus and Cryptosporidium spp. are the most important viral and parasitic causes of gastroenteritis in children in south India...
  12. Porcine Respiratory Coronavirus as a SARS Model
    Linda J Saif; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The porcine respiratory CoV (PRCV), a spike deletion mutant of the enteric CoV transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), shows striking pathogenetic similarities to SARS CoV in its primary replication in lung...
  13. Microbial Invasion of the Intestine at the Cell Extrusion Zone of the Villus Tip
    Manuel R Amieva; Fiscal Year: 2008
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Invasive gastroenteritis and enteric fever are major sources of mortality and morbidity worldwide...
  14. Psychophysiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
    William E Whitehead; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..to IBS-Pn, and we hypothesize that inflammatory genes may require the environmental trigger of bacterial gastroenteritis for expression while genes related to pain sensitivity may be modulated by childhood social learning through ..
  15. Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Training Program
    Fernando Villalta; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..investigated include, malaria, Leishmaniasis, African trypanosomiasis, American trypanosomiasis, AIDS, viral gastroenteritis and encephalitis, septic shock, endocarditis, periodontitis, and the emerging pathogens Mycobacterium ..
  16. Campylobacter colonization and virulence determinants
    ALAIN C STINTZI; Fiscal Year: 2007
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Campylobacter spp, generally food-borne, are the leading cause of gastroenteritis worldwide, surpassing the number of cases of Salmonella and Shigella combined. Campylobacter spp...
  17. Virulence Factors of Salmonella
    ANDREAS J BAUMLER; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Typhimurium does not cause typhoid fever in humans, but rather causes a localized gastroenteritis resulting in diarrhea. The observation that humans infected with S. Typhi or S...
  18. Vaccine Efficacy : Studies on rotavirus replication, pat
    Chintamani D Atreya; Fiscal Year: 2002
    Summary: Severe gastroenteritis in both developed and less developed countries is caused by rotaviruses and currently there is only one licensed vaccine available...
  19. Structural Studies on Rotaviruses
    BIDADI V VENKATARAM PRASAD; Fiscal Year: 2007
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Rotavirus is the major cause of severe, life-threatening gastroenteritis in young children and animals. Rotaviruses are large (1000 Angstroms), complex, icosahedral assemblies...
  20. Solar Water Disinfection: Randomized Intervention Trial
    John M Colford; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..Thus, waterborne gastroenteritis remains a major infrastructural and public health problem particularly, as effective treatment (filtration, ..
  21. PATHOGENESIS- HUMAN CALICIVIRUSES IN GNOTOBIOTIC ANIMALS
    Linda J Saif; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..adapted from the application) Human enteric caliciviruses (HuCV) are the leading cause of acute epidemic gastroenteritis and they account for 67 percent of the cases of foodborne illness in the U.S. annually...
  22. Ribozymes for studies and treatment of cytomegalovirus infections
    Fenyong Liu; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Disseminated HCMV infection in these patients is usually associated with gastroenteritis, pneumonia, and sight-threatening retinitis...
  23. Immune Mechansims of Rotavirus Protection & Clearanace
    Sarah E Blutt; Fiscal Year: 2002
    Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe gastroenteritis in young children worldwide...
  24. CLINICAL EXPERIMENT OF HELICOBACTOR PYLORI TRANSMISSION
    Julie Parsonnet; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..pylori are shed by infected hosts in vomitus and diarrheal stools under conditions that simulate gastroenteritis. In addition, H...
  25. GENETICS OF T HE ROTAVIRUSES
    Robert F Ramig; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..genetics, biology, and pathogenesis of the rotaviruses; a group of viruses that are the major cause of gastroenteritis in children and the young of other species...
  26. Needle-Free Delivery of Subunit Rotavirus Vaccines
    Anthony H Choi; Fiscal Year: 2003
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in infants causing nearly 1 million deaths worldwide and costing the United States 1.5 billion dollars annually...
  27. Analysis of Campylobacter coli Lipooligosaccharide Core Diversity
    MARGARET KANIPES; Fiscal Year: 2006
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Campylobacter is the most important cause of gastroenteritis in the United States and a frequent cause of traveler's diarrhea in developing countries...
  28. New viral causes of pediatric gastroenteritis
    Rodney M Ratcliff; Fiscal Year: 2006
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a very common and at times severe infection, especially in children. However, current techniques fail to determine a causal infectious agent in 30-70 percent of cases...
  29. Elucidation of colonization and virulence through a novel comparative approach
    CHERYL ALLYNE WHISTLER; Fiscal Year: 2008
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The emergent human pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a major cause of gastroenteritis worldwide...
  30. Broadly active inhibitors of high priority pathogens
    Sergei Gulnik; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..antimicrobials suitable for treating and/or preventing outbreaks of diseases like anthrax, plague, cholera, gastroenteritis, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB), and for tackling the growing problem of antibiotic resistant ..
  31. MOLECULAR STUDIES OF HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS PROTEASE
    Liang Tong; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..can cause severe acute diseases in these individuals, such as retinitis, pneumonitis, hepatitis and gastroenteritis. Current therapies against HCMV infections are mostly targeted at the DNA polymerase of the virus, and are ..
  32. Development of Intestinal Ion Tranport
    FAYEZ KHALAF GHISHAN; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..translocation across the gastrointestinal tract, and thus resulting in development of complications from gastroenteritis. This novel hypothesis is supported by strong preliminary data to suggest that loss of NHES, but not NHE2, ..
  33. Flagellin-Induced Gut Epithelial Chemokine Secretion
    Andrew T Gewirtz; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Human disease caused by Salmonella can be divided into 2 primary categories: 1) gut-restricted self-limiting gastroenteritis and Typhoid fever...
  34. Campylobacter jejuni outer membrane protein vaccine
    Stuart A Thompson; Fiscal Year: 2008
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in the U.S...
  35. Campylobacter jejuni outer membrane protein vaccine
    Stuart A Thompson; Fiscal Year: 2007
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in the U.S...
  36. Diarrhea in Baltimore: Surveillance & Pathogen Detection
    Jon Mark Hirshon; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..resistance determinations, and molecular methods provides an innovative approach to discovering the causes of gastroenteritis. Through this work, we expect to not only better define the causes of diarrheal illnesses in the Baltimore ..
  37. Genetics of Survival of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
    JOAN C MECSAS; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..by the applicant): Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a gram-negative, enteric bacterial pathogen that causes gastroenteritis, mesenteric lymphadenitis, which can be misdiagnosed as appendicitis leading to unnecessary surgery, and ..
  38. Regulation of Human Cytomegalovirus Gene Expression
    Mark F Stinski; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..neurological damage and disseminated infections resulting in pneumonitis, retinitis, hepatitis, and gastroenteritis. HCMV infections have been associated with accelerated atherosclerosis and with coronary restenosis following ..
  39. Development of Intestinal Ion Tranport
    Fayez K Ghishan; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..translocation across the gastrointestinal tract, and thus resulting in development of complications from gastroenteritis. This novel hypothesis is supported by strong preliminary data to suggest that loss of NHES, but not NHE2, ..
  40. High throughput proteomic analysis of Salmonella enterica
    Edward T Ryan; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Serovar Typhimurium causes a typhoid-like illness in mice, but only gastroenteritis in humans...
  41. Cytokine Profiles In Asthma And Allergic Diseases
    Calman Prussin; Fiscal Year: 2006
    Allergic diseases, such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and eosinophilic gastroenteritis, are inflammatory diseases of the mucosa. After allergen exposure, IgE bearing cells, such as mast cells and basophils, are first activated...
  42. High throughput proteomic analysis of Salmonella enterica
    Edward T Ryan; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Serovar Typhimurium causes a typhoid-like illness in mice, but only gastroenteritis in humans...
  43. Campylobacter jejuni DNA methylation and gene regulation
    Stuart A Thompson; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..It is the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in the United States, and is responsible for sporadic disease as well as food-borne and water-borne outbreaks...
  44. Viral Gastroenteritis: Basis of Protection and Virulence
    Harry B Greenberg; Fiscal Year: 2007
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Rotavirus infection and the ensuing gastroenteritis remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide...
  45. Viral Gastroenteritis: Basis of Protection and Virulence
    Harry B Greenberg; Fiscal Year: 2008
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Rotavirus infection and the ensuing gastroenteritis remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide...
  46. Role of the Listeria protein InlC and its host ligand Tuba in cell-cell spread
    KEITH P IRETON; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..provided by applicant): Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne, intracellular pathogen capable of causing gastroenteritis, meningitis, and abortions...
  47. Campylobacter jejuni invasion genes
    GEORGE C FOGG; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..applicant): Campylobacter jejuni is a significant human enteric pathogen that is a leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in both the United States and worldwide...
  48. Colonization and Pathogenicity Determinants of C. jejuni
    Victor J DiRita; Fiscal Year: 2008
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Campylobacter jejuni is the most prevalent cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in the United States, and is also designated a Category B food-and waterborne pathogen under the NIAID Biodefense Research ..
  49. Probing the Glycan Biosynthetic Machinery of Campylobacter Jejuni.
    Jerry M Troutman; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..jejuni). C. jejuni is a human-gut mucosal pathogen implicated in gastroenteritis, and is the leading cause of food-borne illness in North America. In addition, C...
  50. Remodeling SARS Coronavirus Genome Regulatory Networks
    Ralph S Baric; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..Our laboratory has developed full-length infectious cDNAs for mouse hepatitis virus (MHV), transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)...
  51. PHOP REGULON AND SALMONELLA VIRULENCE
    Samuel I Miller; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..These organisms are responsible for several disease syndromes, including enteric (typhoid) fever, gastroenteritis, bacteremias and focal infections...
  52. PHOP REGULON AND SALMONELLA VIRULENCE
    Samuel I Miller; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..These organisms are responsible for several disease syndromes, including enteric (typhoid) fever, gastroenteritis, bacteremias and focal infections...
  53. Mammalian metal transporters & Salmonella infection
    BOBBY JOSEPH CHERAYIL; Fiscal Year: 2006
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Salmonellae cause either acute gastroenteritis or the systemic febrile illness typhoid in humans. Both syndromes are significant public health problems worldwide...
  54. Campylobacter jejuni proteins induced at 37C
    Stuart A Thompson; Fiscal Year: 2007
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of severe bacterial gastroenteritis in the U.S., and has been classified as a food-borne Category B Bioterrorism agent by the NIH...
  55. REVERSE GENETICS WITH A CORONAVIRUS INFECTIOUS CONSTRUCT
    Ralph S Baric; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..an approach to systematically assemble a full-length infectious construct of the coronavirus, transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGE), an economically important pathogen in swine...
  56. NSP4 stimulated ion channels and age-dependent diarrhea
    Andrew P Morris; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..In doing so, our results will provide an excellent possibility for development of new therapies for rotaviral gastroenteritis, and for other infectious diseases in children where altered mucosal (Ca2+)i homeostasis occurs.
  57. Development and evaluation of subunit vaccine CmeC against Campylobacter jejuni
    Jun Lin; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Relevance: Campylobacter jejuni is the most prevalent foodborne bacterial pathogen causing human gastroenteritis in the U.S...
  58. Development and evaluation of subunit vaccine CmeC against Campylobacter jejuni
    Jun Lin; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Relevance: Campylobacter jejuni is the most prevalent foodborne bacterial pathogen causing human gastroenteritis in the U.S...
  59. Transcriptional profiling in V. parahaemolyticus
    Linda L McCarter; Fiscal Year: 2006
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Vibrio parahaemolyticus is the leading cause of gastroenteritis in Asia and the most frequent cause of seafood-associated gastroenteritis in the USA...
  60. Mechanistic Analysis of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
    Anil Mishra; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..eosinophils in the esophagus occurs in numerous clinical disorders such as food allergy, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and gastroesophageal reflux (GER). Primary esophageal eosinophilic disorders (i...
  61. Induction of Macrophage iNOS by Salmonella
    BOBBY JOSEPH CHERAYIL; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..pathogen Salmonella are responsible for a number of diseases of public health significance, including acute gastroenteritis, as well as typhoid fever...
  62. Norwalk-like Viruses and Their Receptors
    Xi Jiang; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..by applicant): Norwalk-like viruses (NLVs) are single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses that cause acute gastroenteritis in humans...

Publications62

  1. Incidence of Norwalk-like viruses, rotavirus and adenovirus infection in patients with acute gastroenteritis in Jakarta, Indonesia
    D Subekti
    U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, American Embassy Jakarta, Unit 8132, NAMRU-2, FPO AP, 96520-8132, Indonesia
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 33:27-33
    ..NLVs), rotavirus and adenovirus are reportedly responsible from 4 to 42% of non-bacterial acute sporadic gastroenteritis. The incidence of NLVs, adenovirus and rotavirus infections in Indonesia is unclear...
  2. A large multi-pathogen waterborne community outbreak linked to faecal contamination of a groundwater system, France, 2000
    A Gallay
    Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint Maurice, France
    Clin Microbiol Infect 12:561-70
    ..This is the first documented waterborne outbreak of infection involving human C. coli infections. A better understanding of the factors influencing campylobacter transmission between hosts is required...
  3. Epidemiological aspects of human rotavirus infection in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in an area of northern Italy
    Maria Cristina Medici
    Sezione di Microbiologia, Dipartimento di Patologia e Medicina di Laboratorio, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy
    Acta Biomed 75:100-6
    Human rotavirus (HRV) is recognized as the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in children under 5 years of age...
  4. Virus diversity and an outbreak of group C rotavirus among infants and children with diarrhea in Maizuru city, Japan during 2002-2003
    Tung Gia Phan
    Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    J Med Virol 74:173-9
    A total of 236 fecal specimens collected from infants and children with gastroenteritis in Maizuru city, Japan from July 2002 to June 2003, were tested for the presence of rotaviruses, noroviruses, sapoviruses, astroviruses, and ..
  5. Acute infantile gastroenteritis associated with human enteric viruses in Tunisia
    Khira Sdiri Loulizi
    Centre National de Référence des Virus Entériques, Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, 2 Boulevard Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, BP 77908, F 21079 Dijon cedex, France
    J Clin Microbiol 46:1349-55
    ..2005, investigated the incidence and the clinical role of various enteric viruses responsible for infantile gastroenteritis in 632 Tunisian children presenting in dispensaries (380 children) or hospitalized (252 children) for acute ..
  6. Human astrovirus, norovirus (GI, GII), and sapovirus infections in Pakistani children with diarrhea
    Tung Gia Phan
    Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    J Med Virol 73:256-61
    ..young children admitted to the Civil Karachi Hospital, Dow Medical College, Karachi city, Pakistan with acute gastroenteritis from 1990 to 1994 were collected and screened by RT-PCR for human astrovirus (AstV), norovirus (NV), and ..
  7. Waterborne outbreak of Norwalk-like virus gastroenteritis at a tourist resort, Italy
    Delia Boccia
    Department of Communicable Disease, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
    Emerg Infect Dis 8:563-8
    In July 2000, an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred at a tourist resort in the Gulf of Taranto in southern Italy. Illness in 344 people, 69 of whom were staff members, met the case definition...
  8. Epidemiologic and molecular trends of "Norwalk-like viruses" associated with outbreaks of gastroenteritis in the United States
    Rebecca L Fankhauser
    Viral Gastroenteritis Section, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    J Infect Dis 186:1-7
    Between July 1997 and June 2000, fecal specimens from 284 outbreaks of nonbacterial gastroenteritis were submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing for "Norwalk-like viruses" (NLVs)...
  9. Acute gastroenteritis cases associated with noroviruses infection in the state of Rio de Janeiro
    M S R Ferreira
    Laboratory of Comparative Virology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    J Med Virol 80:338-44
    ..of the Middle Paraiba Valley, State of Rio de Janeiro, reported a sudden spontaneous occurrence of acute gastroenteritis cases in children in a public day care center...
  10. Molecular and epidemiological features of norovirus-associated gastroenteritis outbreaks in Victoria, Australia in 2001
    John A Marshall
    Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    J Med Virol 75:321-31
    Norovirus was identified in 30 of 59 gastroenteritis outbreaks occurring in the state of Victoria, Australia in 2001 by RT-PCR and/or electron microscopy (EM)...
  11. Surveillance of norovirus infection in a study of sporadic childhood gastroenteritis in South West England and South Wales, during one winter season (1999-2000)
    Pippa C Froggatt
    Regional Virus Laboratory, Public Health Laboratory, Myrtle Road, Bristol, United Kingdom
    J Med Virol 72:307-11
    ..strain) were used to establish the prevalence of Norwalk-like viruses (NLV) among sporadic cases of childhood gastroenteritis in South West England over a winter season...
  12. Atypical norovirus epidemic in Hong Kong during summer of 2006 caused by a new genogroup II/4 variant
    Eric C M Ho
    Virology Division, Public Health Laboratory Centre, 382 Nam Cheong Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon, Hong Kong
    J Clin Microbiol 45:2205-11
    ..In a comparison with the epidemiological data from 2001 to 2005, an atypical peak of norovirus-associated gastroenteritis outbreak was observed beginning in May 2006, concurring with a striking increase in norovirus activity...
  13. Norovirus outbreak in a pediatric oncology unit
    Arne Simon
    Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Children s Hospital, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Scand J Gastroenterol 41:693-9
    OBJECTIVE: Norovirus (NV) is an etiologic agent of outstanding importance that can cause severe epidemic gastroenteritis in day-care centers, schools, nursing homes, and hospitals...
  14. [Viral gastroenteritis. An epidemiologic investigation between the period 2001-2006]
    Regina Allwinn
    Institut für Medizinische Virologie und Reisemedizinische Impfambulanz, Universitätsklinik Frankfurt Main, Paul Ehrlich Strasse 40, Frankfurt Main
    Med Klin (Munich) 103:389-95
    ..METHODS: In this retrospective epidemiologic survey of the number of annual stool samples of patients with gastroenteritis, the frequency scale of each virus as well as seasonal aspects, the genital arrangement, and age distribution ..
  15. Hospitalization due to norovirus and genotypes of rotavirus in pediatric patients, state of Espírito Santo
    Leandro Rua Ribeiro
    Nucleus of Infectious Diseases, Pathology Department, Health Science Center, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, 29043 900, Brasil
    Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 103:201-6
    Viruses are the leading cause for hospitalization due to gastroenteritis worldwide...
  16. Peculiarities of norovirus and rotavirus infections in hospitalised young children
    Irena Narkeviciute
    Clinic of Children s Diseases of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
    J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 46:289-92
    ..It presented as gastroenteritis with fever (47%) or without fever (30%). However, 19% of cases were without diarrhoea...
  17. Risk factors for norovirus, Sapporo-like virus, and group A rotavirus gastroenteritis
    Matty A S de Wit
    National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Emerg Infect Dis 9:1563-70
    Viral pathogens are the most common causes of gastroenteritis in the community...
  18. Significant prevalence and genetic diversity of norovirus infection in Irish children
    Allison Waters
    National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
    Pediatr Res 64:312-6
    Pediatric gastroenteritis places a considerable disease burden on children of the developed world. The national surveillance of gastroenteritis in Ireland is a combined virological and epidemiologic surveillance program...
  19. [Norovirus infection in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in northeastern Poland]
    Artur Sulik
    Klinika Obserwacyjno Zakaźna Dzieci Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku
    Przegl Epidemiol 61:477-82
    Noroviruses belonging to the family of Caliciviridae are a major cause of acute gastroenteritis in both children and adults...
  20. Molecular characterization of enteric viral agents from children in northern region of Ghana
    Paula Andreia Silva
    Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
    J Med Virol 80:1790-8
    ..The available rotavirus vaccines cover the predominant G1P[8] type and would reduce substantially disease burden in that area...
  21. Norovirus gastroenteritis among children in Iraqi Kurdistan
    Manar Najim Al Mashhadani
    University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
    J Med Virol 80:506-9
    Of 260 children under age 5 years who were hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Kurdistan, Iraq, between April and May 2005, 78 (30%) tested positive for norovirus by RT-PCR...
  22. Existence of multiple genotypes associated with acute gastroenteritis during 6-year survey of norovirus infection in Japan
    Michio Okame
    Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    J Med Virol 78:1318-24
    ..A total of 3,864 fecal specimens from children with acute gastroenteritis in five regions (Tokyo, Maizuru, Saga, Sapporo, and Osaka) of Japan from July 1995 to June 2001 were ..
  23. Characterization of Norwalk-like virus associated with gastroenteritis in Indonesia
    D S Subekti
    U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, Jakarta, Indonesia
    J Med Virol 67:253-8
    Norwalk Virus and Norwalk-like viruses (NLVs) are reportedly responsible for 2.5-4.0% of nonbacterial acute gastroenteritis (NBAG) worldwide...
  24. Viral gastroenteritis and genetic characterization of recombinant norovirus circulating in Eastern Russia
    Tung Gia Phan
    Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Clin Lab 52:247-53
    From November 2003 to March 2004 a total of 100 fecal specimens from infants and children with acute gastroenteritis in the city of Birobidzhan, Eastern Russia were tested for the presence of diarrheal viruses by RT-multiplex PCR...
  25. Virological, serological, and clinical features of an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis due to recombinant genogroup II norovirus in an infant home
    Takeshi Tsugawa
    Department of Pediatrics, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Japan
    J Clin Microbiol 44:177-82
    Norovirus (NV) is an important cause of acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. Recently, several sporadic cases due to naturally occurring recombinant NVs have been reported...
  26. Norovirus gastroenteritis general outbreak associated with raw shellfish consumption in south Italy
    Rosa Prato
    Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e del Lavoro, Section of Hygiene, University of Foggia, Italy
    BMC Infect Dis 4:37
    ..Despite Noroviruses (NV, previously "Norwalk-like viruses") being a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks, the impact of NV infection is at present unknown and little information is available about strains ..
  27. [Assessment of two methods of antigenic detection by ELISA for the diagnosis of norovirus outbreaks]
    Juan Carlos Sanz
    Laboratorio Regional de Salud Pública, Instituto de Salud Pública de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, España
    Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 24:564-7
    ..CONCLUSION: These techniques could be useful for rapid detection of norovirus outbreaks in laboratories that lack molecular confirmation techniques...
  28. Norovirus foodborne outbreaks associated with the consumption of oysters from the Etang de Thau, France, December 2002
    A Doyle
    Institut de Veille Sanitaire (InVS, Département des Maladies Infectieuses, Saint-Maurice, France
    Euro Surveill 9:24-6
    In January 2003, the Institut de Veille Sanitaire received notification of clusters of gastroenteritis (GE) thought to be associated with consumption of oysters harvested from Etang de Thau in the south of France...
  29. A school outbreak of Norwalk-like virus: evidence for airborne transmission
    P J Marks
    Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
    Epidemiol Infect 131:727-36
    An outbreak of gastroenteritis affected a school attended by children aged 4-11 years. Epidemiological features suggested this was due to Norwalk-like virus (NLV) and this was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...
  30. Multiplex real time RT-PCR for the detection and quantitation of norovirus genogroups I and II in patients with acute gastroenteritis
    Xiaoli L Pang
    Provincial Laboratory for Public Health Microbiology, University of Alberta Hospital, WMC 2B2 08, 8440 112 Street, Edmonton, Alta, Canada T6G 2B7
    J Clin Virol 33:168-71
    ..A total of 97 stools from 41 gastroenteritis outbreaks and 726 stools from children with sporadic diarrhoea were used for this study...
  31. [Three kinds of viruses isolated from diarrhea patients of infants and preschool children in Fuzhou city]
    Jian-min Gao
    School of Biological Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, China
    Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 25:456-7
  32. A summertime peak of "winter vomiting disease": surveillance of noroviruses in England and Wales, 1995 to 2002
    Ben A Lopman
    Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Gastrointestinal Diseases Division, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    BMC Public Health 3:13
    BACKGROUND: Noroviruses are the most common cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks in industrialised countries...
  33. Clinical characteristics of nosocomial norovirus outbreaks in Hong Kong
    O T Y Tsang
    Infectious Disease Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong
    J Hosp Infect 69:135-40
    ..6% cases. We conclude that nosocomial norovirus infection often involves frail elderly patients with limited mobility and that these patients may have more prolonged symptoms...
  34. Norovirus outbreak associated with a hotel in the west of Ireland, 2006
    A Michel
    Department of Public Health, Health Service Executive, Limerick, Ireland
    Euro Surveill 12:E11-2
    ..This report highlights the potential for large social gatherings to facilitate the spread of viral gastroenteritis by person-to-person transmission and via contaminated environment...
  35. Clinical manifestation of norovirus gastroenteritis in health care settings
    Ben A Lopman
    Gastrointestinal Diseases Division, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom
    Clin Infect Dis 39:318-24
    Noroviruses are generally believed to cause relatively mild gastroenteritis of short duration in otherwise healthy adults. However, outbreaks in health care settings are common and affect vulnerable populations...
  36. A gastroenteritis outbreak due to Norovirus infection in Xanthi, Northern Greece: management and public health consequences
    Vassilios P Papadopoulos
    Department of Emergencies, Xanthi General Hospital, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
    J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 15:27-30
    A gastroenteritis outbreak was observed in the town of Xanthi on Jan 28, 2005. A total of 709 patients (350 males and 359 females, mean age 23.8 +/- 19...
  37. Outbreak of norovirus in Västra Götaland associated with recreational activities at two lakes during August 2004
    Benn Sartorius
    European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training EPIET, Solna, Sweden
    Scand J Infect Dis 39:323-31
    ..4; 95% CI 2.0-90.2) were significant risk factors. The probable vehicle was local contamination of the lake water (especially at the main swimming area). The source of contamination could not be determined...
  38. Prevalence of Norwalk-like virus infections in cases of viral gastroenteritis among children in Osaka City, Japan
    Nobuhiro Iritani
    Department of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, 8 34 Tojo cho, Tennoji ku, Osaka 543 0026, Japan
    J Clin Microbiol 41:1756-9
    Surveillance of Norwalk-like virus (NLV) infections in cases of pediatric gastroenteritis between April 1996 and March 2000 showed that NLVs were an important causative agent in viral gastroenteritis cases among children between November ..
  39. Molecular epidemiology of norovirus infections in Stockholm, Sweden, during the years 2000 to 2003: association of the GGIIb genetic cluster with infection in children
    Annika Tiveljung Lindell
    Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, SE 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
    J Clin Microbiol 43:1086-92
    The incidence of norovirus-associated gastroenteritis and the molecular epidemiology of norovirus strains were studied during three seasons (2000-2001, 2001-2002, and 2002-2003) among patients of all ages, mainly from the Stockholm ..
  40. Epidemiology of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks caused by Noroviruses in Okayama, Japan
    Masako Hamano
    Department of Virology, Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health, Okayama, Japan
    J Med Virol 77:282-9
    Noroviruses (called formerly "Norwalk-like viruses") cause food-borne gastroenteritis outbreaks...
  41. Genetic relatedness of noroviruses identified in sporadic gastroenteritis in children and gastroenteritis outbreaks in northern Alberta
    Bonita E Lee
    Provincial Laboratory for Public Health Microbiology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    J Med Virol 80:330-7
    We compared the proportion and genotype distribution of norovirus (NoV) identified in sporadic acute gastroenteritis in children younger than 7 years old with the NoV strains found in outbreaks from January 2003 through April 2004 in ..
  42. High rate and changing molecular epidemiology pattern of norovirus infections in sporadic cases and outbreaks of gastroenteritis in Hong Kong
    Chi-Shan Lau
    Government Virus Unit, Public Health Laboratory Centre, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon, Hong Kong
    J Med Virol 73:113-7
    Noroviruses (Norwalk-like viruses (NLV)) are recognised as major causes of acute gastroenteritis worldwide...
  43. Rapid control of norovirus gastroenteritis outbreak in an acute paediatric ward
    Frankie W T Cheng
    Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
    Acta Paediatr 95:581-6
    ..infection control measures that were implemented to terminate and to prevent nosocomial spread of norovirus gastroenteritis in an open-designed paediatric ward...
  44. An outbreak of mixed infection of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26:H11 and norovirus genogroup II at a kindergarten in Shimane, Japan
    Setsuko Iizuka
    Shimane Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Shimane 690-0122, Japan
    Jpn J Infect Dis 58:329-30
  45. Probe typing of noroviruses detected in Osaka City, Japan
    Nobuhiro Iritani
    Department of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Osaka 543-0026, Japan
    Jpn J Infect Dis 58:53-4
  46. Molecular characterization of rotavirus gastroenteritis strains, Iraqi Kurdistan
    Herish M Ahmed
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
    Emerg Infect Dis 12:824-6
    ..Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction identified G1, G4, G2, G9, P[8], P[6], and P[4] as the most common genotypes. Eight G/P combinations were found, but P[8]G1 and P[4]G2 accounted for >50% of the strains...
  47. Norovirus infection among children with acute gastroenteritis in Recife, Brazil: disease severity is comparable to rotavirus gastroenteritis
    T Nakagomi
    Department of Medical Microbiology and Genitourinary Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
    Arch Virol 153:957-60
    ..These data underscore the importance of norovirus as a cause of severe diarrhoea in children...
  48. A large infantile gastroenteritis outbreak in Albania caused by multiple emerging rotavirus genotypes
    C Villena
    Virus Enteric Group, Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    Epidemiol Infect 131:1105-10
    ..the epidemiological system 'Alert' of the Public Health Institute in Tirane reported an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis. The outbreak involved children in Tirane and in the rural area...
  49. Viral gastroenteritis in children hospitalised in Sicily, Italy
    C Colomba
    Istituto di Patologia Infettiva e Virologia, Università di Palermo, Piazza Montalto 8, 90134 Palermo, Italy
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25:570-5
    The aim of the present study was to describe the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of acute viral gastroenteritis in hospitalised Italian children...
  50. Influence of enteric viruses on gastroenteritis in Albania: epidemiological and molecular analysis
    Arrivi Fabiana
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
    J Med Virol 79:1844-9
    b>Gastroenteritis is one of the most important diseases in developing country and viral infections are well documented...
  51. Diversity of viruses associated with acute gastroenteritis in children hospitalized with diarrhea in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    Tuan Anh Nguyen
    Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    J Med Virol 79:582-90
    ..Fecal samples were collected from 1,010 hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis. Those samples were screened for groups A, B, and C rotavirus, adenovirus, genogroups I and II norovirus (NoV)..
  52. Pediatric norovirus diarrhea in Nicaragua
    Filemon Bucardo
    Department of Microbiology, University of León, UNAN León, Nicaragua
    J Clin Microbiol 46:2573-80
    ..4 and requiring intravenous rehydration. This study, the first of its type from a Central American country, suggests that NoV is an important etiological agent of acute diarrhea among children of <2 years of age in Nicaragua...
  53. Existence of multiple outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis among infants in a day care center in Japan
    S Akihara
    Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Arch Virol 150:2061-75
    ..Of 88 fecal specimens from infants with acute gastroenteritis, 51.1% (45) were found to be positive for diarrheal viruses. Astrovirus was the most prevalent (15...
  54. [Pilot experience of studying calicivirus infection in Moscow children]
    A A Mukhina
    Vopr Virusol 47:33-7
    ..Samples of feces of 124 children patients with acute gastroenteritis were tested for the presence of NLV-1, NLV-2, and SLV. Calicivirus infection was detected in 6...
  55. Detection and genetic characterization of norovirus strains circulating among infants and children with acute gastroenteritis in Japan during 2004-2005
    Tung Gia Phan
    Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Clin Lab 52:519-25
    ..fecal specimens collected during the period of July 2004 to June 2005 from infants and children with acute gastroenteritis from four different regions (Maizuru, Tokyo, Sapporo, and Osaka) of Japan were tested for the presence of ..
  56. Detection of norovirus and sapovirus infection among children with gastroenteritis in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    G S Hansman
    Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Arch Virol 149:1673-88
    ..report describes norovirus (NoV) and sapovirus (SaV) infections in hospitalized children with acute sporadic gastroenteritis in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam...
  57. Diversity of enteric viruses detected in patients with gastroenteritis in a tertiary referral paediatric hospital
    Chris I Gallimore
    Enteric Virus Unit, Enteric, Respiratory and Neurological Virus Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, Specialist and Reference Microbiology Division, Health Protection Agency, Colindale, London, United Kingdom
    J Med Virol 73:443-9
    The genetic diversity of enteric viruses co-circulating in a cohort of patients with viral gastroenteritis in a large tertiary paediatric hospital in London, UK, was determined...
  58. Incidence and characteristics of endemic Norwalk-like virus-associated gastroenteritis
    John A Marshall
    Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    J Med Virol 69:568-78
    Endemic gastroenteritis associated with the Norwalk-like viruses (NLVs) is little understood...
  59. Fecal viral load and norovirus-associated gastroenteritis
    Martin C W Chan
    Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
    Emerg Infect Dis 12:1278-80
    ..II is >100-fold higher than that of genogroup I in the fecal specimens of patients with norovirus-associated gastroenteritis. We speculate that increased cDNA viral load accounts for the higher transmissibility of genogroup II strains ..
  60. Failure to detect norovirus in a large group of asymptomatic individuals
    J A Marshall
    Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Locked Bag 815, Carlton South, Victoria 3053, Australia
    Public Health 118:230-3
    Noroviruses are a major cause of both sporadic and epidemic gastroenteritis in humans, but the mechanisms by which norovirus circulates within the community are poorly understood...