Hospital outbreak of gastroenteritis due to Norovirus in Belgium.
We report an outbreak of gastroenteritis due to Norovirus in a care unit in a Belgian hospital involving thirty-three people. The origin of the outbreak was traced to one nursing assistant. The virus strain identified by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and electron microscopy belonged to the genogroup II.
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Département de Biologie Clinique, Laboratoire de Virologie, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, U.C.L., Bruxelles, Belgique.
Bodéus
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Garrino
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Scipioni
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Kabamba
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Daube
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Thiry
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Goubau
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D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D016358:Contact Tracing; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D029322:Norovirus / Q000145:classification; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction