Food-borne outbreak of norovirus infection in a French military parachuting unit, April 2011

On 13 April 2011 the medical service of a French military parachuting unit reported an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis involving 147 persons among the military personnel. Meals suspected to have caused the outbreak (pasta and some raw vegetables) were tested for norovirus by PCR. The same noroviru...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2011-07, Vol.16 (30), p.1
Hauptverfasser:	Mayet, A, Andreo, V, Bedubourg, G, Victorion, S, Plantec, Jy, Soullie, B, Meynard, Jb, Dedieu, Jj, Polveche, Py, Migliani, R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology Caliciviridae Infections - virology Case-Control Studies Disease Outbreaks Epidemics Epidemiology Feces - virology Female Food contamination & poisoning Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology Foodborne Diseases - virology France - epidemiology Gastroenteritis - epidemiology Gastroenteritis - virology Humans Infection Control - methods Male Military Personnel Norovirus - genetics Norovirus - isolation & purification Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Viral infections
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Zusammenfassung:	On 13 April 2011 the medical service of a French military parachuting unit reported an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis involving 147 persons among the military personnel. Meals suspected to have caused the outbreak (pasta and some raw vegetables) were tested for norovirus by PCR. The same norovirus (genogroup I) was found in some of the food items consumed by the cases and in a cook who prepared the meals.
ISSN:	1560-7917 1025-496X 1560-7917
DOI:	10.2807/ese.16.30.19930-en