Methods for the detection and characterisation of noroviruses associated with outbreaks of gastroenteritis: outbreaks occurring in the north-west of England during two norovirus seasons.

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This article describes the methods used to investigate 407 outbreaks of acute non-bacterial gastroenteritis occurring in the North-West of England between January 2000 and July 2001 and suspected to be caused by noroviruses (NV) [Mayo (2002) Arch Virol 147:1655-1663]. These included 319 outbreaks in hospitals and nursing homes and 88 other settings. Eight hundred and seventy-one faecal samples from 407 outbreaks...

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