کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3398267 1222276 2009 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
An outbreak of norovirus infection in an Italian residential-care facility for the elderly
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی میکروب شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
An outbreak of norovirus infection in an Italian residential-care facility for the elderly
چکیده انگلیسی

On December 2006, an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred at a residential-care facility for the elderly in northern Italy. Thirty-five of 61 individuals interviewed (attack rate, 57.4%) fell ill. In 94.3% of cases, the onset of illness was within 48 h of a Christmas party at the facility. Norovirus (NoV) was detected by RT-PCR in 24 of 31 individuals examined, including three asymptomatic food-handlers, in whom there was evidence of long-lasting excretion of viral particles. The identification of a sequence referring to the ‘2006a GII.4 NoV variant’ in all examined strains supported the hypothesis of a common point source. This retrospective cohort study is the first report on an outbreak of NoV gastroenteritis in an Italian residential-care facility for the elderly.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Clinical Microbiology and Infection - Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 97–100
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