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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6126-6129, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6126-6129.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Noroviruses as a Cause of Traveler's Diarrhea among Students from the United States Visiting Mexico

GwangPyo Ko,1* Coralith Garcia,2,4 Zhi-Dong Jiang,2 Pablo C. Okhuysen,2,3 Jaime Belkind-Gerson,6 Roger I. Glass,7 and Herbert L. DuPont2,5

Seoul National University, School of Public Health, Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul, South Korea,1 University of Texas—Houston School of Public Health,2 Medical School,3 Baylor College of Medicine,4 St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas,5 Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Cuernavaca, Mexico,6 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia7

Received 5 September 2005/ Accepted 9 September 2005

Stool specimens from 124 international travelers with acute diarrhea were tested for the presence of enteropathogens. Noroviruses (NoVs) were the second most commonly identified enteric pathogen in diarrheal stool samples (21/124, 17%), exceeded only by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (50/106, 47%). This study indicates that NoV is an underappreciated cause of traveler's diarrhea.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, 28 Yunkeun-Dong, Chongro-Ku, Seoul 110-799, South Korea. Phone: 82-2-3668-7881. Fax: 82-2-745-9104. E-mail: gko{at}snu.ac.kr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6126-6129, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6126-6129.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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