Caliciviruses and foodborne gastroenteritis, Chile.
Human caliciviruses caused 45% of 55 gastroenteritis outbreaks occurring in Santiago, Chile, during 2000-2003. Outbreaks affected ?99 persons, occurred most commonly in the home, and were associated with seafood consumption. Thirteen outbreak strains sequenced were noroviruses, including 8 GII, 2 GI, and 3 belonging to a novel genogroup.
Vidal
Roberto
R
Microbiology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Solari
Veronica
V
Mamani
Nora
N
Jiang
Xi
X
Vollaire
Jimena
J
Roessler
Patricia
P
Prado
Valeria
V
Matson
David O
DO
O'Ryan
Miguel L
ML
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D029322:Norovirus / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny