Volume 13, Number 8—August 2007
Dispatch
Norovirus Detection and Genotyping for Children with Gastroenteritis, Brazil
Table 2
Distribution of all tested samples by age groups and patient status, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998–2005
Age, y | Outpatients |
Inpatients |
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No. tested | PCR-positive, no. (%) | PCR-negative, no. (%) | No. tested | PCR-positive, no. (%) | PCR-negative, no. (%) | ||
<1 | 29 | 4 (13.8) | 25 (86.2) | 45 | 5 (11.1) | 40 (88.9) | |
1–5 | 64 | 9 (14.0) | 55 (86.0) | 88 | 15 (17.0) | 73 (83.0) | |
6–10 | 24 | 5 (20.8) | 19 (79.2) | 39 | 4 (10.3) | 35 (89.7) |