Detection and characterization of group A rotaviruses in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Norway, 2006-2008.

To assess the genetic diversity of rotavirus strains in Norway, the distribution of rotavirus genotypes was studied in children admitted to hospital with acute gastroenteritis. The detection of rotavirus in stool samples was compared using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), an immunochromatographic test and RT-PCR. Children <5 years of age admitted to hospital with diarrhea in three large hospitals were enrolled prospectively from March 2006 to February 2008.

Rotavirus gastroenteritis in Norway: analysis of prospective surveillance and hospital registry data.

We aimed to evaluate rotavirus morbidity and describe rotavirus epidemiology in hospitalized children in Norway to provide information before the introduction of new rotavirus vaccines. We retrospectively reviewed 14,973 gastroenteritis hospitalizations in children aged <5 y for the period 1995 to 2004, and prospectively surveyed for rotavirus in 311 children aged <5 y admitted with diarrhoea to 3 hospitals in 2006-2008. The proportion of rotavirus among all gastroenteritis hospitalizations was estimated at 14.

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children in Oslo, Norway.

Aim: To investigate the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children before the introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal vaccine in the national vaccination programme.

Methods: For the period 21 May 2003 to 20 May 2005 hospitalization rates for pneumonia in children were obtained from retrospective studies of medical journals. Pneumonia was also studied prospectively in children less than sixteen years old referred to Ullevål University Hospital (Oslo) in the same time period.

Childhood osteomyelitis-incidence and differentiation from other acute onset musculoskeletal features in a population-based study.

Background: Osteomyelitis can be difficult to diagnose and there has previously not been a prospective approach to identify all children in a defined geographic area. The aim of this study was to assess the annual incidence of osteomyelitis in children, describe the patient and disease characteristics in those with acute (< 14 days disease duration) and subacute osteomyelitis (> or = 14 days disease duration), and differentiate osteomyelitis patients from those with other acute onset musculoskeletal features.

Methods: In a population-based Norwegian study physicians were asked to refer all children with suspected osteomyelitis.

Neural correlates of self-face recognition: an effect-location meta-analysis.

Recent evidence from neuropsychological patients with focalized lesions and functional brain imaging studies indicate that processing of self is distinguishable from processing of information about others (e.g., recognizing a familiar face).