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Reference : Hospital outbreak of gastroenteritis due to norovirus in Belgium


	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Human health sciences : Public health, health care sciences & services Human health sciences : Immunology & infectious disease
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/988

Title :	Hospital outbreak of gastroenteritis due to norovirus in Belgium
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Verbelen, V. [> > > >]
	Bodeus, Monique [> > > >]
	Garrino, M. G. [> > > >]
	Scipioni, Alexandra [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Virologie, épidémiologie et pathologie des maladies virales >]
	Kabambal, B. [> > > >]
	Daube, Georges [Université de Liège - ULg > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Microbiologie des denrées alimentaires >]
	Thiry, Etienne [Université de Liège - ULg > 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 > >]
Publication date :	2004
Journal title :	Acta Clinica Belgica
Publisher :	Acta Clinica Belgica
Volume :	59
Issue/season :	1, JAN-FEB
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBi)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0001-5512
City :	Ghent
Keywords :	[en] norovirus ; gastroenteritis ; Norwalk
Abstract :	[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.
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