Noroviruses as a Cause of Traveler's Diarrhea among Students from the United States Visiting Mexico
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- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (12) , 6126-6129
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.43.12.6126-6129.2005
Abstract
Stool specimens from 124 international travelers with acute diarrhea were tested for the presence of enteropathogens. Noroviruses (NoVs) were the second most commonly identified enteric pathogen in diarrheal stool samples (21/124, 17%), exceeded only by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (50/106, 47%). This study indicates that NoV is an underappreciated cause of traveler's diarrhea.Keywords
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