Open AccessFood-related norovirus outbreak among people attending two barbeques: epidemiological, virological, and environmental investigation
Author(s) -
Roberto Vivancos,
Amir Shroufi,
M Sillis,
Heather Aird,
Chris I. Gallimore,
Linda James Myers,
H Mahgoub,
P. Nair
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.09.023
Subject(s) - outbreak , norovirus , epidemiology , odds ratio , transmission (telecommunications) , confidence interval , medicine , logistic regression , relative risk , environmental health , caliciviridae , veterinary medicine , demography , virology , electrical engineering , sociology , engineering
Norovirus (NoV) is commonly associated with gastrointestinal infection. It is normally transmitted person-to-person or from contaminated surfaces, although food-borne transmission is possible.
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