Norwalk-like gastroenteritis epidemic in a Toronto hospital.
An epidemic of gastroenteritis in a teaching hospital affected 57 patients and 69 staff over a 26-day period. The index case was a patient admitted with acute abdominal pain and diarrhea two days prior to the outbreak. The epidemic curve indicated person-to-person transmission. The incubation period, duration and types of symptoms were typical of Norwalk gastroenteritis, and Norwalk-like virus particles, serologically different from the prototype Norwalk virus strain, were observed in 17 of 20 fecal specimens examined by immune-electron microscopy.
D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000635:transmission; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009663:Norwalk virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009864:Ontario; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000635:transmission