Postinfectious Gastrointestinal Disorders Following Norovirus Outbreaks
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Postinfectious gastrointestinal disorders following norovirus outbreaks.
BACKGROUND The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 20.9 million norovirus infections annually in the United States. Although the acute disease burden is sizeable, emerging data suggest norovirus may be associated with chronic gastrointestinal problems. We identified known outbreaks in US military recruits and used the Defense Medical Encounter Database (DMED) to identify the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis576