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Year-round prevalence of norovirus in the environment of catering companies without a recently reported outbreak of gastroenteritis.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 May 2011
Boxman Ingeborg L A, Verhoef Linda, Dijkman Remco, Hägele Geke, Te Loeke Nathalie A J M, Koopmans Marion
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Food handlers play an important role in the transmission of norovirus (NoV) in food-borne outbreaks of gastroenteritis (GE). In a year-round prevalence study, the prevalence of NoV in catering companies without recently reported outbreaks of GE was investigated and compared to the observed prevalence in catering companies with recently reported outbreaks. Swab samples were collected from surfaces in the kitchens...
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