Occurrence of norovirus GII.4 Sydney variant related three outbreaks in Korea
In this study, we reported epidemiological feature of 3 outbreak cases of norovirus in Korea, and describe the clinical symptom and distribution of causative genotypes.The incidence rates of A, B, C outbreaks were 16.24% (326/2,007), 4.1% (27/656) and 16.8% (36/214), respectively. The patients in these three outbreaks were affected by acute gastroenteritis. These schools were provided from same manufacturing company to unheated-food.
Source: Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sunyoung Jung, Bo-Mi Hwang, Hyun Ju Jeong, Gyung Tae Chung, Cheon-Kwon Yoo, Yeon-Ho Kang, Deog-Yong Lee Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
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