Journal of Infectious Disease        ← 꼭 넣어줄 것

196:994～997, 2016.

Detection of Human Norovirus in Children Hospitalized because of Acute Gastroenteritis

Seoul Metropolitan Research Institute of Public Health & Environment1, Departments of Pediatrics2 and Laboratory Medicine3

Gil-Dong Hong1, Choon-Hyang Seong2 and Cheong Sim3*

Abstract

The idea that human bocavirus(hBoV) infection possibly plays a role in gastroenteritis has been suggested because of the frequent manifestation of gastrointestinal symptoms. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hBoV in children with gastroenteritis. We studied the etiologic agents in 962 children hospitalized with gastroenteritis. Viral etiologic agents was found in 44.4% of the study population: rotavirus, norovirus, adenovirus and astrovirus were in 25.7%, 13.7%, 3.0% and 1.1% of the study population, respectively; hBoV was detected in 0.8%, which suggests that it might play a minor role in gastroenteritis.

Key words : human norovirus, children, gastroenteritis

* 교신저자; corresponding author