Noroviruses are a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis across all age groups, responsible for almost a fifth (18%) of all cases worldwide. And, reports [s]News-Medical[/s], new estimates highlight the importance of developing norovirus vaccines. ‘There has been a proliferation of research on norovirus globally in the last five years, and we harnessed that data for this study’, says lead author Dr Benjamin Lopman from the [b]US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention[/b]. Lopman says: ‘Our findings show that norovirus infection contributes substantially to the global burden of acute gastroenteritis, causing both severe and mild cases and across all age groups.’
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