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The prevalence of asymptomatic norovirus infection among adults in Japan: Large scale prospective cross-sectional survey

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K19261
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Epidemiology and preventive medicine
Research InstitutionSt. Luke's International University

Principal Investigator

KOBAYASHI Daiki  聖路加国際大学, 専門職公衆衛生大学院, 講師 (30769617)

Research Collaborator YOKOTA Kyoko  
SAITO Mayuko  
OSHITANI Hitoshi  
HEIKE Yuji  
UYAMA Shizuka  
KATAKURA Kanae  
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywordsノロウイルス / 不顕性感染 / 大規模調査 / 健常者 / 感染症 / ウイルス / 衛生 / 内科
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study is a large scale survey which evaluated the prevalence of asymptomatic norovirus infection among healthy adult. We included 4,536 participant, where 105 (2.3%) were positive for genotype I norovirus and 116 (2.6%) were positive for negotype II norovirus. The prevalences for positive result of genotype I norovirus were similar over month or age group.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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