1. Incidence of Medically-Attended Norovirus-Associated Acute Gastroenteritis in Four Veteran's Affairs Medical Center Populations in the United States, 2011-2012
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Sheldon T. Brown, S. Hannah Shirley, Umesh D. Parashar, Jan Vinjé, Scott Grytdal, Christopher J. Graber, Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas, Mark Holodniy, Matthew Bidwell Goetz, David Rimland, Cynthia Lucero-Obusan, Benjamin A. Lopman, and Zhou, Dongsheng
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Male ,Pediatrics ,History ,viruses ,lcsh:Medicine ,medicine.disease_cause ,Disease Outbreaks ,fluids and secretions ,80 and over ,Research article ,Young adult ,lcsh:Science ,Caliciviridae Infections ,Veterans ,Aged, 80 and over ,education.field_of_study ,Cross Infection ,Multidisciplinary ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Incidence ,virus diseases ,Health Services ,Middle Aged ,Foodborne Illness ,21st Century ,Hospitals ,Gastroenteritis ,Acute Disease ,Female ,Research Article ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Genotype ,Hospitals, Veterans ,General Science & Technology ,Population ,History, 21st Century ,Vaccine Related ,Young Adult ,Clinical Research ,Biodefense ,medicine ,Humans ,Symptom onset ,education ,Veterans Affairs ,Aged ,business.industry ,Prevention ,lcsh:R ,Norovirus ,Acute gastroenteritis ,digestive system diseases ,United States ,Emerging Infectious Diseases ,lcsh:Q ,business ,Digestive Diseases - Abstract
© 2015, Public Library of Science. All rights reserved. An estimated 179 million acute gastroenteritis (AGE) illnesses occur annually in the United States. The role of noroviruses in hospital-related AGE has not been well-documented in the U. S. We estimated the population incidence of community- acquired outpatient and inpatient norovirus AGE encounters, as well as hospital-acquired inpatient norovirus AGE among inpatients at four Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers (VAMCs). Fifty (4%) of 1,160 stool specimens collected ≤7 days from symptom onset tested positive for norovirus. During a one year period, the estimated incidence of outpatient, community- and hospital-acquired inpatient norovirus AGE was 188 cases, 11 cases, and 54 cases/ 100,000 patients, respectively. This study demonstrates the incidence of outpatient and community- and hospital-acquired inpatient norovirus AGE among the VA population seeking care at these four VAMCs.
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- 2015
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