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Norovirus in Bottled Water Associated with Gastroenteritis Outbreak, Spain, 2016.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2017
Blanco Albert, Guix Susana, Fuster Noemí, Fuentes Cristina, Bartolomé Rosa, Cornejo Thais, Pintó Rosa Maria, Bosch Albert
Abstract excerpt
In April 2016, an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness (4,136 cases) occurred in Catalonia, Spain. We detected high levels of norovirus genotypes I and II in office water coolers associated with the outbreak. Infectious viral titer estimates were 33-49 genome copies/L for genotype I and 327-660 genome copies/L for genotype II.
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