Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of norovirus gastroenteritis among hospitalized children in Lebanon

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants n (%)

	n	NoV positive	NoV negative
Participants	739	83 (11.2)	656 (88.8)
Gender
Male	413	47 (11.4)	366 (88.6)
Female	326	36 (11.0)	290 (89.0)
Age group (mo)
0-11	376	34 (9.0)	342 (91.0)
12-23	226	35 (15.5)	191 (84.5)
24-35	79	10 (12.7)	69 (87.3)
36-47	30	3 (10.0)	27 (90.0)
48-59	27	1 (3.7)	26 (96.3)
Region
Beirut	217	20 (9.2)	197 (90.8)
North Lebanon	315	35 (11.1)	280 (88.9)
South Lebanon	207	28 (13.5)	179 (86.5)

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of NoV-positive cases n (%)

	NoV positive	GI	GII
Fever
Yes	56 (67.5)	5 (100.0)	51 (65.4)
No	27 (32.5)	0 (0.0)	27 (34.6)
Vomiting
Yes	63 (75.9)	3 (60.0)	60 (76.9)
No	20 (24.1)	2 (40.0)	18 (23.1)
Diarrhea
Yes	79 (95.2)	5 (100.0)	74 (94.9)
No	4 (4.8)	0 (0.0)	4 (5.1)
Assessed dehydration
Severe	10 (12.0)	1 (20.0)	9 (11.5)
Mild to moderate	64 (77.1)	3 (60.0)	61 (78.2)
No dehydration	9 (10.8)	1 (20.0)	8 (10.3)
Vesikari score
Severe	76 (91.6)	4 (80.0)	72 (92.3)
Mild to moderate	7 (8.4)	1 (20.0)	6 (7.7)