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Epidemiol Infect
Personal Author:
ZHOU, X. ; LI, H. ; SUN, L. ; MO, Y. ; CHEN, S. ; ... More +
ZHOU, X. ; LI, H. ; SUN, L. ; MO, Y. ; CHEN, S. ; WU, X. ; LIANG, J. ; ZHENG, H. ; KE, C. ; VARMA, J. K. ; KLENA, J. D. ; CHEN, Q. ; ZOU, L. ; YANG, X. Less -
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Contaminated water is one of the main sources of norovirus (NoV) gastroenteritis outbreaks globally. Waterborne NoV outbreaks are infrequently attributed to GII.4 NoV. In September 2009, a NoV outbreak affected a small school in Guangdong Province, China. Epidemiological investigations indicated that household use water, supplied by a well, was the probable source (relative risk 1·9). NoV nucleic acid material in concentrated well-water samples was detected using real-time RT-PCR. Nucleotide sequences of NoV extracted from diarrhoea and well-water specimens were identical and had the greatest sequence identity to corresponding sequences from the epidemic strain GII.4-2006b. Our report documents the first laboratory-confirmed waterborne outbreak caused by GII.4 NoV genotype in China. Our investigations indicate that well water, intended exclusively for household use but not for consumption, caused this outbreak. The results of this report serve as a reminder that private well water intended for household use should be tested for NoV.
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Caliciviridae Infections Diarrhea Disease Outbreaks Drinking Water Feces Female Genotype Humans Male Original Papers Phylogeny Retrospective Studies Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction RNA, Viral Schools Vomiting Water Water Microbiology Water Wells
Source:
Epidemiol Infect. 2012; 140(12):2282-2289.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
China
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CDC Public Access
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/12163/cdc_12163_DS1.pdf
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