Molecular characterization of noroviruses and rotaviruses involved in a large outbreak of gastroenteritis in Northern Italy.

ABSTRACT: Noroviruses and rotaviruses from a gastroenteritis outbreak affecting >300 people near Garda Lake (Northern Italy) in 2009 were investigated. Characterization of viruses from 40 patient stool samples and 5 environmental samples identified three distinct rotavirus and five norovirus genotypes; two of the latter were detected in both patient and environmental samples.

SUBMITTER: Di Bartolo I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3147480 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature