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Genotypic and epidemiologic trends of norovirus outbreaks in the United States, 2009 to 2013.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2014
Vega Everardo, Barclay Leslie, Gregoricus Nicole, Shirley S Hannah, Lee David, Vinjé Jan
Abstract excerpt
Noroviruses are the leading cause of epidemic acute gastroenteritis in the United States. From September 2009 through August 2013, 3,960 norovirus outbreaks were reported to CaliciNet. Of the 2,895 outbreaks with a known transmission route, person-to-person and food-borne transmissions were reported for 2,425 (83.7%) and 465 (16.1%) of the outbreaks, respectively. A total of 2,475 outbreaks (62.5%) occurred in...
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