Risk Factors for Norovirus, Sapporo-like Virus, and Group A Rotavirus Gastroenteritis

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• Journal Article:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Personal Author:
  de Wit, Matty AS ; Koopmans, Marion PG ; van Duynhoven, Yvonne THP
• Description:
  Viral pathogens are the most common causes of gastroenteritis in the community. To identify modes of transmission and opportunities for prevention, a case-control study was conducted and risk factors for gastroenteritis attributable to norovirus (NV), Sapporo-like virus (SLV), and rotavirus were studied. For NV gastroenteritis, having a household member with gastroenteritis, contact with a person with gastroenteritis outside the household, and poor food-handling hygiene were associated with illness (population attributable risk fractions [PAR] of 17%, 56%, and 47%, respectively). For SLV gastroenteritis, contact with a person with gastroenteritis outside the household was associated with a higher risk (PAR 60%). For rotavirus gastroenteritis, contact with a person with gastroenteritis outside the household and food-handling hygiene were associated with a higher risk (PAR 86% and 46%, respectively). Transmission of these viral pathogens occurs primarily from person to person. However, for NV gastroenteritis, foodborne transmission seems to play an important role.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Animals Caliciviridae Infections Case-Control Studies Child Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Disease Transmission, Infectious Female Food Handling Gastroenteritis Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Netherlands Norovirus Prospective Studies Risk Factors Rotavirus Rotavirus Infections Sapovirus

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• Series:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0912.020076
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Pubmed ID:
  14720397
• Document Type:
  Text ; Journal Article
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  12
• Citation:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 9(12):1563-1570.
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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