Norovirus diarrhoeal disease  in infants and children

Kesson, Alison M; Benwell, Nicola; Elliott, Elizabeth J

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03434.x

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To the Editor: Norovirus, previously known as the Norwalk agent, is a recognised cause of acute diarrhoeal illness in all age groups, but its significance in hospitalised children is poorly described. Noroviruses cause infection worldwide and year-round, with a distinct increase in disease occurrence in colder months.1

1 Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW.
2 University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: elizabe2@chw.edu.au

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