title: Molecular characterization of noroviruses and rotaviruses involved in a large outbreak of gastroenteritis in Northern Italy.
abstract: Noroviruses and rotaviruses from a gastroenteritis outbreak affecting >300 people near Garda Lake (Northern Italy) in 2009 were investigated. Characterization of viruses from 40 patient stool samples and 5 environmental samples identified three distinct rotavirus and five norovirus genotypes; two of the latter were detected in both patient and environmental samples.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Di Bartolo
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monini
authors.forename: Marina Nadia
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Losio
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pavoni
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavazza
authors.forename: Franco Maria
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Ruggeri
mesh_terms: D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D029322:Norovirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*