Norwalk-like gastroenteritis epidemic in a Toronto hospital. | Zendy

W. D. Leers | Zendy; George J. Kasupski | Zendy; RICHARD A. FRALICK | Zendy; S Wartman | Zendy; Jezreel Pantaleόn Garcίa | Zendy; W. Gary | Zendy

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Norwalk-like gastroenteritis epidemic in a Toronto hospital.

Author(s) -

W. D. Leers,

George J. Kasupski,

RICHARD A. FRALICK,

S Wartman,

Jezreel Pantaleόn Garcίa,

W. Gary

Publication year - 1987

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.77.3.291

Subject(s) - norwalk virus , feces , diarrhea , outbreak , incubation period , medicine , virology , virus , acute gastroenteritis , abdominal pain , epidemiology , pediatrics , norovirus , microbiology and biotechnology , incubation , biology , biochemistry

An epidemic of gastroenteritis in a teaching hospital affected 57 patients and 69 staff over a 26-day period. The index case was a patient admitted with acute abdominal pain and diarrhea two days prior to the outbreak. The epidemic curve indicated person-to-person transmission. The incubation period, duration and types of symptoms were typical of Norwalk gastroenteritis, and Norwalk-like virus particles, serologically different from the prototype Norwalk virus strain, were observed in 17 of 20 fecal specimens examined by immune-electron microscopy.

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