Literature DB >> 15065694

Hospital outbreak of gastroenteritis due to Norovirus in Belgium.

V Verbelen1, M Bodéus, M G Garrino, A Scipioni, B Kabamba, G Daube, E Thiry, P Goubau.   

Abstract

We report an outbreak of gastroenteritis due to Norovirus in a care unit in a Belgian hospital involving thirty-three people. The origin of the outbreak was traced to one nursing assistant. The virus strain identified by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and electron microscopy belonged to the genogroup II.

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Year:  2004        PMID: 15065694     DOI: 10.1179/acb.2004.005

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Acta Clin Belg        ISSN: 1784-3286            Impact factor:   1.264


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2.  A SYBR Green RT-PCR assay in single tube to detect human and bovine noroviruses and control for inhibition.

Authors:  Alexandra Scipioni; Axel Mauroy; Dominique Ziant; Claude Saegerman; Etienne Thiry
Journal:  Virol J       Date:  2008-08-14       Impact factor: 4.099

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