Airborne or Fomite Transmission for Norovirus? A Case Study Revisited.

ABSTRACT: Norovirus infection, a highly prevalent condition associated with a high rate of morbidity, comprises a significant health issue. Although norovirus transmission mainly occurs via the fecal-oral and vomit-oral routes, airborne transmission has been proposed in recent decades. This paper re-examines a previously described norovirus outbreak in a hotel restaurant wherein airborne transmission was originally inferred. Specifically, the original evidence that suggested airborne transmission was re-analyzed by exploring an alternative hypothesis: could this outbreak instead have occurred via fomite transmission? This re-analysis was based on whether fomite transmission could have yielded similar attack rate distribution patterns. Seven representative serving pathways used by waiters were consid

SUBMITTER: Xiao S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5750989 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature