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. 2008 Mar;80(3):506-9.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.21099.

Norovirus gastroenteritis among children in Iraqi Kurdistan

Manar Najim Al-Mashhadani  1 , Osamu Nakagomi, Winifred Dove, Herish Ahmed, Toyoko Nakagomi, C Anthony Hart, Nigel A Cunliffe
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Norovirus gastroenteritis among children in Iraqi Kurdistan

Manar Najim Al-Mashhadani et al. J Med Virol. 2008 Mar.

Abstract

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. These comprised genogroups GI (23%), GII (74%) and GI + GII (3%). Among 28 noroviruses sequenced, GII/4 was the predominant genotype.

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