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ReviewCurrent opinion in infectious diseases2014

Norovirus in healthcare settings.

Miren Iturriza-Gómara, Benjamin Lopman

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Review in Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. Comparison of three multiplex real-time PCR assays for detection of enteric viruses in patients with diarrhea.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019
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  12. Comparison of Xpert Norovirus and RidaGene Norovirus assays for the detection of noroviruses in clinical fecal specimens.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2017
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  17. A rapidly new-typed detection of norovirus based on FBiotechnology and bioprocess engineering : BBE · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Miren Iturriza-GómaraaInstitute of Infection and Global Health, and NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK bDivision of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Benjamin Lopman

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewTo provide an overview of the burden of norovirus disease in healthcare settings and the factors responsible for outbreaks in these institutions; to assess progress on interventions aimed at reducing the burden of norovirus disease. RECENT

findingsNorovirus outbreaks in healthcare settings are driven by confluence of viral diversity, the built environment, and host factors. Some of these characteristics may be modifiable and the target of successful interventions. SUMMARY: Most norovirus outbreaks in hospital and residential care institutions are associated with a particular genotype, known as GII.4. The persistence of norovirus is associated with strain diversity, which is driven by immune evasion and viral adaptation to interaction with a variety of human histo-blood group antigens. The healthcare environment presents serious challenges for control, both because of the physical structure of the built space and the high levels of contact among patient populations who may have compromised hygiene. Increased vulnerability among the populations in healthcare institutions is likely to be multifactorial and may include the following: nutritional status, immunodeficiency or senescence, chronic inflammation, and microbiome alterations. Current control measures are based on general infection control principles, and treatment is mainly supportive and nonspecific. Vaccines and antiviral agents are being developed with promising results, but none are currently available.

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HospitalsInfection ControlNursing HomesAdrenal Cortex HormonesAntiviral AgentsCaliciviridae InfectionsCross InfectionDisease OutbreaksGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansImmunocompromised HostMolecular Sequence DataNorovirusNutritional StatusPhylogenyAdrenal Cortex HormonesAntiviral Agents

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PMID25101555
PMCPMC4154788

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