Norovirus in Bottled Water Associated with Gastroenteritis Outbreak, Spain, 2016

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• Journal Article:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Personal Author:
  Blanco, Albert ; Guix, Susana ; Fuster, Noemí ; Fuentes, Cristina ; Bartolomé, Rosa ; Cornejo, Thais ; Pintó, Rosa Maria ; Bosch, Albert
• Description:
  In April 2016, an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness (4,136 cases) occurred in Catalonia, Spain. We detected high levels of norovirus genotypes I and II in office water coolers associated with the outbreak. Infectious viral titer estimates were 33-49 genome copies/L for genotype I and 327-660 genome copies/L for genotype II.
• Subjects:
  Bottled Water Caliciviridae Infections Catalonia Enteric Infections Gastroenteritis Norovirus Outbreak Spain Viruses
• Series:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Pubmed ID:
  28820131
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5572880
• Document Type:
  Text ; Journal Article
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  9
• Citation:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(9):1531-1534.
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
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