[Comment] Norovirus surveillance comes of age: the impact of NoroNet

Noroviruses are associated with a staggering number of illnesses worldwide annually.1 The typical clinical case is an acute and self-limiting gastroenteritis that can be managed by rehydration therapy. However, illness can become life-threatening in the young and old and in patients with underlying disease, supporting the need for vaccines.2 Vaccine design has been challenging, in part, because of the genotypic diversity of norovirus strains.3 Findings presented by Janko van Beek and colleagues4 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases show the importance of global norovirus surveillance to the development of vaccines and for sustaining successful immunisation programmes.

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - January 25, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Kim Y Green Tags: Comment Source Type: research