Open AccessA norovirus GII.P21 outbreak in a boarding school, Austria 2014
Author(s) -
Yung-Ching Lin,
Elisabeth Hipfl,
I Lederer,
Franz Allerberger,
Daniela Schmid
Publication year - 2015
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.2015.05.021
Subject(s) - norovirus , cafeteria , outbreak , medicine , hygiene , environmental health , asymptomatic , vomiting , attack rate , veterinary medicine , virology , pathology
An Austrian boarding school reported a cluster of gastroenteritis on January 10, 2014. Environmental swabs from the school cafeteria and a nearby kebab restaurant tested positive for norovirus. The outbreak was investigated to identify its source(s).
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