Epidemiological Alert, Norovirus outbreak in institutional health care and community settings (8 January 2013)
Alerta Epidemiológica, Brote de norovirus en servicios de atención de salud y comunidades cerradas (8 enero 2013)
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Norovirus gastroenteritis is a common disease worldwide affecting all age groups and often causing outbreaks. Molecular epidemiological studies have documented a high genetic diversity of norovirus with the regular emergence of variants. It has been suggested that the emergence of new variants causes an increase in cases La gastroenteritis por norovirus es una enfermedad común a nivel mundial que afecta a todos los grupos de edad y que a menudo causa brotes. Los estudios de epidemiología molecular han documentado una gran diversidad genética de los norovirus con una emergencia regular de variantes. Se ha sugerido que la emergencia de nuevas variantes produce un incremento de casos.
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