Waterborne norovirus outbreak in a municipal drinking-water supply in Sweden
| Autor: | E. Hallin, K. Brus Sjölander, Kjell-Olof Hedlund, M. Riera-Montes, M Löfdahl, Gorel Allestam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Epidemiology Water supply medicine.disease_cause Disease Outbreaks Cohort Studies Feces Young Adult Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Child Aged Caliciviridae Infections Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Sweden Molecular Epidemiology Molecular epidemiology business.industry Drinking Water Norovirus Infant Newborn Outbreak Infant Retrospective cohort study Middle Aged Virology Gastroenteritis Infectious Diseases Geography Relative risk Child Preschool RNA Viral Female business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiology and infection. 139(12) |
| ISSN: | 1469-4409 |
| Popis: | SUMMARYDuring Easter 2009, almost 200 people resident in a small Swedish village fell ill with gastrointestinal symptoms. We conducted a retrospective cohort study and a molecular investigation in order to identify the source of the outbreak. Residents living in households connected to the public water network were at an increased risk of developing disease (relative risk 4·80, 95% confidence interval 1·68–13·73) compared to those with no connection to the public network. Norovirus genotype GI.3 was identified in stool samples from six patients and in a sample from the public water network. Contamination of one of the wells supplying the public water network was thought to be the source of the outbreak. This is a description of a norovirus outbreak linked to a municipal drinking-water supply in Sweden. Information from epidemiological and molecular investigations is of utmost importance to guide outbreak control measures and to prevent future outbreaks. |
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