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Reported foodborne outbreaks due to noroviruses in Belgium: the link between food and patient investigations in an international context.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Mar 2009
Baert L, Uyttendaele M, Stals A, VAN Coillie E, Dierick K, Debevere J, Botteldoorn N
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The Belgian data for foodborne norovirus (NoV) outbreaks became available for the first time with the introduction of an extraction and detection protocol for NoV in the National Reference Laboratory for foodborne outbreaks in September 2006. In 2007, 10 NoV foodborne outbreaks were reported affecting 392 persons in Belgium. NoV became the most detected agent in foodborne outbreaks followed by Salmonella (eight...
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