The Roles of Clostridium difficile and Norovirus Among Gastroenteritis-Associated Deaths in the United States, 1999–2007 | Zendy

Aron J. Hall | Zendy; Aaron T. Curns | Zendy; L. Clifford McDonald | Zendy; Umesh D. Parashar | Zendy; Ben Lopman | Zendy

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The Roles of Clostridium difficile and Norovirus Among Gastroenteritis-Associated Deaths in the United States, 1999–2007

Author(s) -

Aron J. Hall,

Aaron T. Curns,

L. Clifford McDonald,

Umesh D. Parashar,

Ben Lopman

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis386

Subject(s) - norovirus , medicine , acute gastroenteritis , clostridium difficile , demography , population , mortality rate , environmental health , pediatrics , outbreak , virology , sociology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics

Globally, gastroenteritis is recognized as an important contributor to mortality among children, but population-based data on gastroenteritis deaths among adults and the contributions of specific pathogens are limited. We aimed to describe trends in gastroenteritis deaths across all ages in the United States and specifically estimate the contributions of Clostridium difficile and norovirus.

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