**7.2 In conclusion**

Prevalence of RT-PCR confirmed norovirus infection among children with gastroenteritis in our locality was 11.1%. Norovirus genogroups I and II were the norovirus recovered in this study. G11.4 noroviruses were more prevalent, rare norovirus genotypes GII.2 and GII.17 were also encountered. The prevailing GII.4 variants in our study area belong to the New Orleans 2009 and Sydney 2012 strain, a putative novel GII.4 recombinant was encountered among study participants.
