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Kimberly K. Repp | Zendy; Trevor Hostetler | Zendy; William E. Keene | Zendy

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A Norovirus Outbreak Related to Contaminated Surfaces

Author(s) -

Kimberly K. Repp,

Trevor Hostetler,

William E. Keene

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit148

Subject(s) - norovirus , outbreak , environmental health , toddler , diarrhea , contaminated food , medicine , veterinary medicine , virology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , psychology , developmental psychology

We investigated an outbreak of norovirus infection affecting 12 of 16 auto dealership employees (75%) subsequent to a staff meeting. Take-out sandwiches initially seemed the likely source, but a cohort study found no association between illness and food consumption. Employees reported seeing a toddler with diarrhea in a dealership restroom shortly before the luncheon. Indistinguishable norovirus was isolated from employees and the child (genotype GII6.C) and from a diaper-changing station in the restroom (genogroup GII). Counterintuitively, this point-source outbreak following a meal was caused by environmental exposures, not food. Environmental exposures should be considered even in routine outbreak investigations.

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