ReviewJournal of tropical medicine2015
Current Status of Norovirus Infections in Children in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Geographical distribution of enteric pathogenic viruses in Burkina Faso: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Rotavirus vaccines in Africa and Norovirus genetic diversity in children aged 0 to 5 years old: a systematic review and meta-analysis : Rotavirus vaccines in Africa and Norovirus genetic diversity.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Pooled prevalence and genetic diversity of norovirus in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Virology journal · 2022Pooled it
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- Serological surveillance of GI norovirus reveals persistence of blockade antibody in a Jidong community-based prospective cohort, 2014-2018.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Article
- Prevalence and genetic characterization of noroviruses in children with acute gastroenteritis in Senegal, 2007-2010.Journal of medical virology · 2022Article
- A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature on Norovirus Disease from 1991-2021.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Prevalence of diarrhoeal pathogens among children under five years of age with and without diarrhoea in Guinea-Bissau.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Understanding Pediatric Norovirus Epidemiology: A Decade of Study among Ghanaian Children.Viruses · 2020Article
- Characterization of Antigenic Relatedness Among GI Norovirus Genotypes Using Serum Samples From Norovirus-Infected Patients and Mouse Sera.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
- Molecular epidemiology of noroviruses in children under 5 years of age with acute gastroenteritis in Yaoundé, Cameroon.Journal of medical virology · 2019Article
- Molecular detection and characterisation of sapoviruses and noroviruses in outpatient children with diarrhoea in Northwest Ethiopia.Epidemiology and infection · 2019Article
- The First Norovirus Longitudinal Seroepidemiological Study From Sub-Saharan Africa Reveals High Seroprevalence of Diverse Genotypes Associated With Host Susceptibility Factors.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2018Article
- An acute gastroenteritis outbreak associated with person-to-person transmission in a primary school in Shanghai: first report of a GI.5 norovirus outbreak in China.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Genetic and epidemiological analysis of norovirus from children with gastroenteritis in Botswana, 2013-2015.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Genetic diversity of norovirus in children under 5 years of age with acute gastroenteritis from Angola.Epidemiology and infection · 2018Article
- Urban sanitation coverage and environmental fecal contamination: Links between the household and public environments of Accra, Ghana.PloS one · 2018Article
- Serum zinc levels of hospitalized children with acute diarrhea differ by the isolated viruses.International journal of health sciencesArticle
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Abstract
Noroviruses are a leading cause of acute sporadic gastroenteritis worldwide. In Sub-Saharan Africa, information regarding norovirus infections in children is scarce. A systematic review of studies performed between 1993 and June 2015 was conducted to establish the genotypic distribution and prevalence of norovirus infections in children (≤17) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Analysis of data from 19 studies involving 8,399 samples from children with symptomatic and nonsymptomatic gastroenteritis revealed prevalence of 12.6% (range 4.6% to 32.4%). The prevalence of norovirus infections was higher in symptomatic children (14.2%) than asymptomatic children (9.2%). Genogroup II (GII) was the most prevalent genogroup accounting for 76.4% of all the reported norovirus infections. The rest of the infections were GI (21.7%) and GI/GII (1.9%). The most common genotypes were GII.4 (65.2%), GI.7 (33.3%), and GI.3 (21.3%). These statistics were calculated from studies carried out in 12 out of 48 Sub-Saharan African countries. Therefore, more studies involving several countries are required to determine fully the epidemiology of noroviruses and their contribution to childhood diarrhoea in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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