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Volume 29, Number 7—July 2023
Research

Effect of Norovirus Inoculum Dose on Virus Kinetics, Shedding, and Symptoms

Yang GeComments to Author , W. Zane Billings, Antone Opekun, Mary Estes, David Graham, Juan Leon, Katia Koelle, Ye Shen, Robert Atmar, Benjamin Lopman, and Andreas HandelComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Southern Mississippi School of Health Professions, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA (Y. Ge); University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA (W.Z. Billings, Y. Shen, A. Handel); Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (A. Opekun, M. Estes, D. Graham, R. Atmar); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J. Leon, K. Koelle, B. Lopman)

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Table

Selected characteristics of patients in in study of the effect of norovirus inoculum dose on virus kinetics, shedding, and symptoms*

Characteristic Dose, RT-PCR units
0.48 4.8 48 4,800
No. participants
 1
 6
 7
 6
Age, y, median (range)
 24 (24–24)
 30 (21–39)
 24 (22–34)
 28 (22–47)
Sex
F 1 (100) 2 (33) 4 (57) 2 (33)
M
 0
 4 (67)
 3 (43)
 4 (67)
Blood type group
A 0 2 (33) 2 (29) 3 (50)
O 1 (100) 4 (67) 5 (71) 3 (50)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR.

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