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Food-borne outbreak of gastroenteritis associated with genogroup I calicivirus.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2002
Johansson P J Hugo, Torvén Maria, Hammarlund Ann-Christin, Björne Ulla, Hedlund Kjell-Olof, Svensson Lennart
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of gastroenteritis affecting 158 of 219 (72%) guests and employees at a hotel is described. Food served at the hotel restaurant is believed to have been the source of the outbreak and to have been contaminated by sick employees working in the restaurant. A secondary attack rate of 22% was seen involving 43 persons in all. In stool specimens from seven of eight patients, Norwalk-like viruses (NLVs)...
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