[en] 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.
Disciplines :
Public health, health care sciences & services Immunology & infectious disease
Author, co-author :
Verbelen, V.
Bodeus, Monique
Garrino, M. G.
Scipioni, Alexandra ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Virologie, épidémiologie et pathologie des maladies virales
Kabambal, B.
Daube, Georges ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Microbiologie des denrées alimentaires
Thiry, Etienne ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Virologie, épidémiologie et pathologie des maladies virales
Goubau, P.; Cliniques universitaires St Luc - UCL > Département de biologie clinique > Laboratoire de virologie
Language :
English
Title :
Hospital outbreak of gastroenteritis due to norovirus in Belgium
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