Prospective, Real-time Metagenomic Sequencing During Norovirus Outbreak Reveals Discrete Transmission Clusters

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BACKGROUND: Norovirus outbreaks in hospital settings are a common challenge for infection prevention teams. Given the high burden of norovirus in most communities, it can be difficult to distinguish between ongoing in-hospital transmission of the virus and new introductions from the community, and it is challenging to understand the long-term impacts of outbreak-associated viruses within medical systems using...

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