Norovirus in Bottled Water Associated with Gastroenteritis Outbreak, Spain, 2016.

ABSTRACT: In April 2016, an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness (4,136 cases) occurred in Catalonia, Spain. We detected high levels of norovirus genotypes I and II in office water coolers associated with the outbreak. Infectious viral titer estimates were 33-49 genome copies/L for genotype I and 327-660 genome copies/L for genotype II.

SUBMITTER: Blanco A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5572880 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature