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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2014

Pattern of circulation of norovirus GII strains during natural infection.

James Ayukepi Ayukekbong, Cajetan Fobisong, Ferdinand Tah, Magnus Lindh, Theresia Nkuo-Akenji, Tomas Bergström

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 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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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

James Ayukepi AyukekbongDepartment of Infectious Diseases/Section of Clinical Virology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Section For Clinical Research, Redeem Biomedical System, Douala, Cameroon james.ayukekbong@microbio.gu.se.
Cajetan FobisongSection For Clinical Research, Redeem Biomedical System, Douala, Cameroon.
Ferdinand TahSection For Clinical Research, Redeem Biomedical System, Douala, Cameroon.
Magnus LindhDepartment of Infectious Diseases/Section of Clinical Virology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Theresia Nkuo-AkenjiDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Tomas BergströmDepartment of Infectious Diseases/Section of Clinical Virology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
University of Gothenburg · SEUniversity of Buea · CM

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Norovirus (NoV) is considered a major cause of nonbacterial gastroenteritis among people of all ages worldwide, but the natural course of infection is incompletely known. In this study, the pattern of circulation of NoVs was studied among 146 children and 137 adults in a small community in southwestern Cameroon. The participants provided monthly fecal samples during a year. NoV RNA was detected in at least one sample from 82 (29%) of the participants. The partial VP1 region could be sequenced in 36 NoV GII-positive samples. Three different genotypes were identified (GII.1, GII.4, and GII.17), with each genotype circulating within 2 to 3 months and reappearing after a relapse period of 2 to 3 months. Most infections occurred once, and 2 episodes at most within a year were detected. No difference in the frequency of NoV infection between children and adults was recorded. The same genotype was detected for a maximum of 2 consecutive months in 3 children only, suggesting that a less than 30-day duration of viral shedding in natural infection was common. Reinfection within a year with the same genotype was not observed, consistent with short-term homotypic immune protection. The study revealed that NoV strains are circulating with a limited duration of viral shedding both in the individuals and the population as part of their natural infection. The results also provide evidence of cross-protective immunity of limited duration between genotypes of the same genogroup.

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AdolescentAdultAgedCaliciviridae InfectionsCameroonChildChild, PreschoolCross ProtectionFecesFemaleGenotypeHumansInfantLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedRNA, Viral

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PMID25274996
PMCPMC4313295
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