Epidemiology of Sapovirus Infections in a Birth Cohort in Peru

• Autores: Sánchez G.J., Mayta H., Pajuelo M.J., Neira K., Xiaofang L., Cabrera L., Ballard S.B., Crabtree J.E., Kelleher D., Cama V., Bern C., Oshitani H., Gilman R.H., Saito M.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2018
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación
• Repositorio: CONCYTEC-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.concytec.gob.pe:20.500.12390/594
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12390/594; https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix1103
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: virus shedding; Article; asymptomatic infection; child; childhood mortality; cohort analysis; follow up; genotype; human; major clinical study; nested polymerase chain reaction; Peru; polymerase chain reaction; priority journal; reinfection; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Sapovirus; sapovirus infection; virus infection; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.09

Sapovirus is one of the primary viral causes of acute gastroenteritis (AGE), especially where rotavirus vaccination has been implemented. The characteristics and impact of natural infection at the community level, however, have not been well documented.