Norovirus in healthcare facilities fact sheet

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.
• Description:
  Noroviruses (genus Norovirus, family Caliciviridae) are a group of related, single-stranded RNA, non-enveloped viruses that cause acute gastroenteritis in humans. Norovirus is the official genus name for the group of viruses provisionally described as “Norwalk-like viruses”. Currently, human noroviruses belong to one of three norovirus genogroups (GI, GII, or GIV), which are further divided into >25 genetic clusters. Over 75% of confirmed human norovirus infections are associated with genotype GII.
  
  Date last modified: September 6, 2011
  
  Content source: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
  
  CS216887-ANorovirusFactSheet
  
  
• Subjects:
  Caliciviridae Infections/epidemiology Caliciviridae Infections/prevention & Control Caliciviridae Infections/transmission Cross Infection/prevention & Control Disease Outbreaks/prevention & Control Foodborne Diseases/prevention & Control Gastroenteritis/epidemiology Gastroenteritis/prevention & Control Gastroenteritis/virology Norovirus/isolation & Purification
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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  urn:sha256:731c91027ef8a6bd07b97376f9a0627d50bdfc32e47bf769873f47068e7e416e
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26151/cdc_26151_DS1.pdf
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