Open AccessTransmission of Norovirus Within Households in Quininde, Ecuador
Author(s) -
Paul A. Gastañaduy,
Yosselin Vicuña,
Fabián Salazar,
Nely Broncano,
Nicole Gregoricus,
Jan Vinjé,
Martha Chico,
Umesh D. Parashar,
Philip J. Cooper,
Ben Lopman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000000783
Subject(s) - norovirus , diarrhea , transmission (telecommunications) , asymptomatic , attack rate , virology , medicine , environmental health , virus , outbreak , electrical engineering , engineering
We studied the transmission of norovirus infection in households in Quininde, Ecuador. Among household contacts of norovirus positive children with diarrhea, norovirus negative children with diarrhea and asymptomatic controls, infection attack rates were 33%, 8% and 18%, respectively (N = 45, 36, 83). Infection attack rates were higher when index children had a higher viral load.