High proportion of norovirus infection and predominance of GII.3 [P12] genotype among the children younger than 5 in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

• Main Authors: Jecelyn Leaslie John, Daisuke Mori, Lia Natasha Amit, Andau Konodan Mosiun, Abraham Zefong Chin, Kamruddin Ahmed
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
• Subjects: RA421-790.95 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine; RJ1-570 Pediatrics
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31875/1/High%20proportion%20of%20norovirus%20infection%20and%20predominance%20of%20GII.3%20%5BP12%5D%20genotype%20among%20the%20children%20younger%20than%205%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysian%20Borneo.ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31875/2/High%20proportion%20of%20norovirus%20infection%20and%20predominance%20of%20GII.3%20%5BP12%5D%20genotype%20among%20the%20children%20younger%20than%205%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysian%20Borneo.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31875/; https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.ums.edu.my/science/article/pii/S1386653221002353; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2021.104968

Globally, norovirus (NoV) has become one of the important causes of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in children. It is responsible for death of children younger than 5 years in developing countries. Although there is limited information and the rate of child mortality caused by diarrhea is low in Malays...