title: Import of norovirus infections in the Netherlands and Ireland following pilgrimages to Lourdes, 2008--preliminary report.
abstract: Between mid-September and 19 October 2008, nine clusters of norovirus infection involving around 90 primary cases and over a hundred secondary cases were identified in patients from the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy and France, linked to pilgrimage to Lourdes, France.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. linda.verhoef@rivm.nl
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Verhoef
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duizer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vennema
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siebenga
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Swaan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Isken
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koopmans
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Balay
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pothier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McKeown
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van Dijk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Capdepon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delmas
mesh_terms: D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D029322:Norovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014195:Travel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*