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An Outbreak of Food-Borne Gastroenteritis Due to Sapovirus among Junior High School Students

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: The human sapovirus (SaV) causes acute gastroenteritis mainly in infants and young children. A food-borne outbreak of gastroenteritis associated with SaV occurred among junior high school students in Yokohama, Japan, during and after a study trip. The nucleotide sequences of the partial capsid gene derived from the students exhibited 98% homology to a SaV genogroup IV strain, Hu/Angelholm/SW278/2004/SE, which was isolated from an adult with gastroenteritis in Solna, Sweden. An identical nucleotide sequence was detected from a food handler at the hotel restaurant, suggesting that the causative agent of the outbreak was transmitted from the food handler. This is the first description of a food-borne outbreak associated with the SaV genogroup IV strain in Japan.

Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.7883/yoken.jjid.2008.438

Authors: Shuzo Usuku, Makoto Kumazaki, Katsuhiko Kitamura, Osamu Tochikubo, Yuzo Noguchi

Institutions: Yokohama City Institute of Public Health, Yokohama City University

Language: English

Topic: Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2120551147

FWCI: 2.442

Cites: 21

Cited by: 36

Related to: 10