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Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis That Occurred during School Excursions in Korea Were Associated with Several Waterborne Strains of Norovirus

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: In May 2004, 97 of 309 (31%) and 97 of 207 (47%) school students from geographically distant areas were affected by acute gastroenteritis during excursions to neighboring hotels. The two hotels were 300 m apart, on Jeju Island, South Korea. Several strains of norovirus, including both genogroup I and genogroup II viruses, were identified in stool samples from the students and food handlers and in groundwater from the hotels. Of these several strains of norovirus, the nucleotide sequences for one strain were identical for samples from the students, food handlers, and groundwater.

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.43.9.4836-4839.2005

Authors: Sung-Han Kim, Doo-Sung Cheon, Jin-Hyeun Kim, Dong-Han Lee, Won-hwa Jheong, Young-Joo Heo, Hyen-Mi Chung, Youngmee Jee, Joo-Shil Lee

Institutions: Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Environmental Research

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: green

OpenAlex ID: W2139373879

FWCI: 3.238

Cites: 10

Cited by: 108

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