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. 2012 Mar;4(1):1-5.
doi: 10.1007/s12560-011-9071-8. Epub 2011 Nov 22.

Prevalence of norovirus infection in children and adults with acute gastroenteritis, Tehran, Iran, 2008-2009

Sara Romani  1 , Seyed Reza Mohebbi, Seyed Masoud Hosseini, Pedram Azimzadeh, Mohsen Vahedi, Faramarz Derakhshan, Mohammad Reza Zali
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Prevalence of norovirus infection in children and adults with acute gastroenteritis, Tehran, Iran, 2008-2009

Sara Romani et al. Food Environ Virol. 2012 Mar.

Abstract

Noroviruses are one of important agents that cause acute viral gastroenteritis worldwide. These viruses are belonging to Caliciviridae family and are genetically diverse. To date, there is no valuable data about prevalence of norovirus infection and the dominant genogroup/genotype among Iranian population. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of norovirus infection in Iranian patients with gastroenteritis referred to three hospitals of Tehran and to specify the dominant genogroup/genotype of this virus among our study population. A total of 293 patients with acute gastroenteritis were included in the study. Detection of norovirus was performed using RT-PCR method and confirmed by direct sequencing with specific designed primers for capsid region of norovirus genome. Phylogenetic analysis was performed using the neighbor-joining method. Norovirus strains identified in our study were subsequently categorized according to previously defined genogroup/genotypes. Of these, norovirus GII was dominant genogroup. Sixty-five percent (17 of 26) of positive samples were determined as GII and 35% (9 of 26) were determined as GI, respectively, in 2008-2009. And among 8 sequenced strains of genogroup II the most frequent genotype was GII.3. The results of this study indicated that norovirus must be considered as one of the infectious causes of acute gastroenteritis among Iranian population. We also found that GII.3 is more prevalent in our study population. To the best of our knowledge there is limited data about the role of noroviruses in children and adults' acute gastroenteritis among Iranian patients and this prevalence and genotyping report of norovirus infection could be remarkable for further studies.

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