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We describe norovirus shedding patterns in symptomatic and asymptomatic persons in Bangladesh.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We enrolled acute gastroenteritis (AGE) cases and non-AGE controls from 2 hospitals from January to September, 2023. Fecal samples were tested for norovirus by rapid antigen testing and confirmed by real-time reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Positive persons were retested at days 20, 40, 60, and 120 by RT-qPCR. Shedding duration was calculated as the number of days from enrollment to the midpoint between the last norovirus-positive and first norovirus-negative specimens. Cycle threshold (Ct) values served as an inverse proxy for the viral load.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 16 persons confirmed infected with norovirus (11\/32 AGE cases; 5\/28 non-AGE controls), a total of 74 stool samples were collected from enrollment through follow-up, of which 28 (38%) were norovirus positive. Of these, 20 (71%) were typed as GII.4 Sydney[P16], 1 as GII.3[P16], and 7 as GII untypeable. The median duration of norovirus shedding was similar between AGE cases (10 days, interquartile range [IQR], 9.5\u201329 days) and asymptomatic controls (9.5 days, IQR, 9.5\u201349 days). Norovirus Ct values varied substantially between persons and overlapped significantly among AGE cases and non-AGE controls.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Norovirus shedding quantity and duration were similar between AGE cases and asymptomatic controls, complicating the attribution of norovirus infection to AGE in Bangladesh. 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