title: Tracking environmental norovirus contamination in a pediatric primary immunodeficiency unit.
abstract: Norovirus strains were detected in two patients and in environmental swabs from a pediatric primary immunodeficiency unit in London, United Kingdom, during an infection control incident in November and December 2007. Detailed analyses of the gene encoding the P2 domain demonstrated that the majority of the strains were not related to the patients and that the environmental contamination was most likely due to secondary transfer by the hands of staff or visitors.
authors.affiliation: Virus Reference Department, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, Colindale, London, United Kingdom. jacqueline.xerry@hpa.org.uk
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xerry
authors.forename: Chris I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Gallimore
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cubitt
authors.forename: Jim J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007223:Infant; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D029322:Norovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
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