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ArticleScientific reports2020

An outbreak of gastroenteritis by emerging norovirus GII.2[P16] in a kindergarten in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysian Borneo.

Kamruddin Ahmed, Jiloris Julian Frederick Dony, Daisuke Mori, Liaw Yun Haw, Nelbon Giloi, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Hidekatsu Iha

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kamruddin AhmedBorneo Medical and Health Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, 88400, Sabah, Malaysia. ahmed@ums.edu.my.
Jiloris Julian Frederick DonyPublic Health Laboratory, Sabah State Health Department, Kota Kinabalu, 88300, Sabah, Malaysia.
Daisuke MoriDepartment of Pathobiology and Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, 88400, Sabah, Malaysia.
Liaw Yun HawKPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, 88300, Sabah, Malaysia.
Nelbon GiloiDepartment of Community Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, 88400, Sabah, Malaysia.
Mohammad Saffree JeffreeDepartment of Community Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, 88400, Sabah, Malaysia.
Hidekatsu IhaDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, 879-5593, Oita, Japan.
Universiti of Malaysia Sabah · MYOita University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Outbreaks of diarrhea in kindergartens are underreported and frequently go unnoticed in developing countries. To better understand the etiology this study was performed during an outbreak of diarrhea in a kindergarten in Sabah, Malaysia. Outbreak investigation was performed according to the standard procedures. In this outbreak a total of 34 (36.5%) children and 4 (30.8%) teachers suffered from gastroenteritis. Stool samples from seven children and 13 teachers were tested for rotavirus and norovirus. During the investigation stool samples were collected and sent in cold chain to the laboratory. The samples were subjected to rotavirus enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, and reverse transcription PCR for norovirus. All samples were negative for rotavirus but positive for norovirus. To determine the genogroup and genotype of norovirus, nucleotide sequencing of the amplicons was performed. All norovirus from the outbreak was of genotype GII.2[16]. To determine the relatedness of the strains phylogenetic analysis was done using neighbor-joining method. Phylogenetically these strains were highly related to GII.2[P16] noroviruses from China and Japan. This study provided evidence that a diarrheal outbreak in a kindergarten was caused by GII.2[P16] norovirus which is an emerging strain in East Asia and Europe.

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Disease OutbreaksSchoolsCaliciviridae InfectionsChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGastroenteritisHumansMalaysiaMaleNorovirusPhylogeny

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PMID32346119
PMCPMC7189370
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