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Characterization of a variant strain of Norwalk virus from a food-borne outbreak of gastroenteritis on a cruise ship in Hawaii.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 1994
Herwaldt B L, Lew J F, Moe C L, Lewis D C, Humphrey C D, Monroe S S, Pon E W, Glass R I
Abstract excerpt
A gastroenteritis outbreak affecting at least 217 (41%) of 527 passengers on a cruise ship was caused by a variant strain of Norwalk virus (NV) that is related to but distinct from the prototype NV strain. Consumption of fresh-cut fruit served at two buffets was significantly associated with illness (P < or = 0.01), and a significant dose-response relationship was evident between illness and the number of various...
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