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Active Surveillance for Norovirus in a US Veterans Affairs Patient Population, Houston, Texas, 2015–2016
Author(s) -
Anita Kambhampati,
Blanca Vargas,
Mahwish Mushtaq,
Hannah Browne,
Scott Grytdal,
Robert L. Atmar,
Jan Vinjé,
Umesh D. Parashar,
Benjamin A. Lopman,
Aron J. Hall,
Maria C. RodriguezBarradas,
Cristina V. Cardemil
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz115
Subject(s) - norovirus , medicine , population , incidence (geometry) , veterans affairs , vomiting , infection control , pediatrics , environmental health , virology , intensive care medicine , outbreak , physics , optics
This active surveillance platform employed screening and enrollment of hospitalized VA patients meeting a standardized AGE case definition, as well as non-AGE control patients. Data from this study highlight the burden of norovirus in a VA inpatient population and will be useful in policy considerations of a norovirus vaccine.

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