Open AccessHigh number of norovirus outbreaks associated with a GGII.4 variant in the Netherlands and elsewhere: does this herald a worldwide increase?
Author(s) -
Annelies Kroneman,
Harry Vennema,
Yvonne van Duijnhoven,
Erwin Duizer,
Marion Koopmans
Publication year - 2004
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.08.52.02606-en
Subject(s) - norovirus , outbreak , vomiting , acute gastroenteritis , disease , diarrheal disease , geography , environmental health , pediatrics , medicine , demography , virology , diarrhea , sociology
An increasing number of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks have been reported in the Netherlands since October 2004. The early onset of the ‘winter vomiting disease’ season and the high number of reports are unusual.