Norovirus and Other Viral Causes of Medically Attended Acute Gastroenteritis Across the Age Spectrum: Results from the Medically Attended Acute Gastroenteritis Study in the United States.
Rachel M BurkeClaire P MattisonZachary MarshKayoko ShiodaJudy DonaldS Bianca SalasAllison L NalewayChristianne BiggsMark A SchmidtAron J HallPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
Viral enteropathogens, particularly norovirus, are important contributors to MAAGE, especially among children < 5 years of age. The present findings underline the importance of judicious antibiotics use for pediatric AGE and suggest that an effective norovirus vaccine could substantially reduce MAAGE.