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A point-source norovirus outbreak caused by exposure to fomites.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2012
Repp Kimberly K, Keene William E
Abstract excerpt
We investigated a norovirus outbreak (genotype GII.2) affecting 9 members of a soccer team. Illness was associated with touching a reusable grocery bag or consuming its packaged food contents (risk difference, 0.636; P < .01). By polymerase chain reaction, GII norovirus was recovered from the bag, which had been stored in a bathroom used before the outbreak by a person with norovirus-like illness. Airborne...
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