A large outbreak of acute gastroenteritis caused by the human norovirus GII.17 strain at a university in Henan Province, China
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A large outbreak of acute gastroenteritis caused by the human norovirus GII.17 strain at a university in Henan Province, China

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    • Alternative Title:
      Infect Dis Poverty
    • Publisher's site:
      http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-017-0236-z
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      Background

      Human noroviruses are a major cause of viral gastroenteritis and are the main etiological agents of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks. An increasing number of outbreaks and sporadic cases of norovirus have been reported in China in recent years. There was a large acute gastroenteritis outbreak at a university in Henan Province, China in the past five years. We want to identify the source, transmission routes of the outbreak by epidemiological investigation and laboratory testing in order to provide the effective control measures.

      Methods

      The clinical cases were investigated, and analysed by descriptive epidemiological methods according to factors such as time, department, grade and so on. Samples were collected from clinical cases, healthy persons, the environment, water, and food at the university. These samples were tested for potential bacteria and viruses. The samples that tested positive for norovirus were selected for whole genome sequencing and the sequences were then analysed.

      Results

      From 4 March to 3 April 2015, a total of 753 acute diarrhoea cases were reported at the university; the attack rate was 3.29%. The epidemic curve showed two peaks, with the main peak occurring between 10 and 20 March, accounting for 85.26% of reported cases. The rates of norovirus detection in samples from confirmed cases, people without symptoms, and environmental samples were 32.72%, 17.39%, and 9.17%, respectively. The phylogenetic analysis showed that the norovirus belonged to the genotype GII.17.

      Conclusions

      This is the largest and most severe outbreak caused by genotype GII.17 norovirus in recent years in China. The GII.17 viruses displayed high epidemic activity and have become a dominant strain in China since the winter of 2014, having replaced the previously dominant GII.4 Sydney 2012 strain.

      Electronic supplementary material

      The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40249-017-0236-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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      Infect Dis Poverty. 6.
    • Pubmed ID:
      28143569
    • Pubmed Central ID:
      PMC5286658
    • Document Type:
      Journal Article
    • Place as Subject:
      China
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      CDC Public Access
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