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HOSPITAL OUTBREAK OF GASTROENTERITIS DUE TO NOROVIRUS IN BELGIUM

Valérie Verbelen, Monique Bodéus, M. G. Garrino, Alexandra Scipioni, B. Kabamba, Georges Daube, Étienne Thiry, Patrick Goubau

Acta Clinica Belgica · 2004 · 13 citations · 9 references

Abstract

We report an outbreak of gastroenteritis due to Norovirus in a care unit in a Belgian hospital involving thirty-three people. The origin of the outbreak was traced to one nursing assistant. The virus strain identified by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and electron microscopy belonged to the genogroup II.

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