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Epidemiological investigation of a norovirus GII.4 Sydney outbreak in a China elder care facility.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2015
Zheng Qing-ming, Zeng Hua-tang, Dai Chuan-wen, Zhang Shun-xiang, Zhang Zhen, Mei Shu-jiang, He Ya-qing, Ma Han-wu
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of norovirus GII.4/Sydney_2012 affected a China elder care facility in December 2012. A total of 39 elderly people and staff met the outbreak case definition. The attack rates in the elderly and the staff were 15.9% (31/195) and 23.2% (19/82), respectively, including 13 asymptomatic cases in the staff. The result of gene sequencing revealed that the outbreak was caused by norovirus GII.4 Sydney. The...
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