Norovirus in Bottled Water Associated with Gastroenteritis Outbreak, Spain, 2016

In April 2016, an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness (4,136 cases) occurred in Catalonia, Spain. We detected high levels of norovirus genotypes I and II in office water coolers associated with the outbreak. Infectious viral titer estimates were 33–49 genome copies/L for genotype I and 327–660 geno...

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Autores principales: Blanco, Albert, Guix, Susana, Fuster, Noemí, Fuentes, Cristina, Bartolomé, Rosa, Cornejo, Thais, Pintó, Rosa Maria, Bosch, Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5572880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28820131
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.161489
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Sumario:In April 2016, an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness (4,136 cases) occurred in Catalonia, Spain. We detected high levels of norovirus genotypes I and II in office water coolers associated with the outbreak. Infectious viral titer estimates were 33–49 genome copies/L for genotype I and 327–660 genome copies/L for genotype II.

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