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Norovirus outbreak in a natural playground: A One Health approach

Norovirus constitutes the most frequently identified infectious cause of disease outbreaks associated with untreated recreational water. When investigating outbreaks related to surface water, a One Health approach is insightful. Historically, there has been a focus on potential contamination of recr...

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Autores principales: Sips, Gregorius J., Dirven, Mariëlle J. G., Donkervoort, Joke T., van Kolfschoten, Francien M., Schapendonk, Claudia M. E., Phan, My V. T., Bloem, Annemieke, van Leeuwen, Anna F., Trompenaars, Mariechristine E., Koopmans, Marion P. G., van der Eijk, Annemiek A., de Graaf, Miranda, Fanoy, Ewout B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32037743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zph.12689
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author Sips, Gregorius J.
Dirven, Mariëlle J. G.
Donkervoort, Joke T.
van Kolfschoten, Francien M.
Schapendonk, Claudia M. E.
Phan, My V. T.
Bloem, Annemieke
van Leeuwen, Anna F.
Trompenaars, Mariechristine E.
Koopmans, Marion P. G.
van der Eijk, Annemiek A.
de Graaf, Miranda
Fanoy, Ewout B.
author_facet Sips, Gregorius J.
Dirven, Mariëlle J. G.
Donkervoort, Joke T.
van Kolfschoten, Francien M.
Schapendonk, Claudia M. E.
Phan, My V. T.
Bloem, Annemieke
van Leeuwen, Anna F.
Trompenaars, Mariechristine E.
Koopmans, Marion P. G.
van der Eijk, Annemiek A.
de Graaf, Miranda
Fanoy, Ewout B.
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description Norovirus constitutes the most frequently identified infectious cause of disease outbreaks associated with untreated recreational water. When investigating outbreaks related to surface water, a One Health approach is insightful. Historically, there has been a focus on potential contamination of recreational water by bird droppings and a recent publication demonstrating human noroviruses in bird faeces suggested this should be investigated in future water‐related norovirus outbreaks. Here, we describe a One Health approach investigating a norovirus outbreak in a natural playground. On social media, a large amount of waterfowl were reported to defecate near these playground premises leading to speculations about their potential involvement. Surface water, as well as human and bird faecal specimens, was tested for human noroviruses. Norovirus was found to be the most likely cause of the outbreak but there was no evidence for transmission via waterfowl. Cases had become known on social media prior to notification to the public health service underscoring the potential of online media as an early warning system. In view of known risk factors, advice was given for future outbreak investigations and natural playground design.
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spelling pubmed-73183102020-06-29 Norovirus outbreak in a natural playground: A One Health approach Sips, Gregorius J. Dirven, Mariëlle J. G. Donkervoort, Joke T. van Kolfschoten, Francien M. Schapendonk, Claudia M. E. Phan, My V. T. Bloem, Annemieke van Leeuwen, Anna F. Trompenaars, Mariechristine E. Koopmans, Marion P. G. van der Eijk, Annemiek A. de Graaf, Miranda Fanoy, Ewout B. Zoonoses Public Health Short Communications Norovirus constitutes the most frequently identified infectious cause of disease outbreaks associated with untreated recreational water. When investigating outbreaks related to surface water, a One Health approach is insightful. Historically, there has been a focus on potential contamination of recreational water by bird droppings and a recent publication demonstrating human noroviruses in bird faeces suggested this should be investigated in future water‐related norovirus outbreaks. Here, we describe a One Health approach investigating a norovirus outbreak in a natural playground. On social media, a large amount of waterfowl were reported to defecate near these playground premises leading to speculations about their potential involvement. Surface water, as well as human and bird faecal specimens, was tested for human noroviruses. Norovirus was found to be the most likely cause of the outbreak but there was no evidence for transmission via waterfowl. Cases had become known on social media prior to notification to the public health service underscoring the potential of online media as an early warning system. In view of known risk factors, advice was given for future outbreak investigations and natural playground design. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-02-09 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7318310/ /pubmed/32037743 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zph.12689 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Zoonoses and Public Health published by Blackwell Verlag GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Sips, Gregorius J.
Dirven, Mariëlle J. G.
Donkervoort, Joke T.
van Kolfschoten, Francien M.
Schapendonk, Claudia M. E.
Phan, My V. T.
Bloem, Annemieke
van Leeuwen, Anna F.
Trompenaars, Mariechristine E.
Koopmans, Marion P. G.
van der Eijk, Annemiek A.
de Graaf, Miranda
Fanoy, Ewout B.
Norovirus outbreak in a natural playground: A One Health approach
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32037743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zph.12689
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