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Food-borne outbreak of norovirus infection in a French military parachuting unit, April 2011

2011; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; Volume: 16; Issue: 30 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2807/ese.16.30.19930-en

1560-7917

Aurélie Mayet, Virginie Andréo, Gabriel Bédubourg, S Victorion, J Y Plantec, Bruno Soullié, J.-B. Meynard, J J Dedieu, P Y Polvèche, R. Migliani,

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

On 13 April 2011 the medical service of a French military parachuting unit reported an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis involving 147 persons among the military personnel. Meals suspected to have caused the outbreak (pasta and some raw vegetables) were tested for norovirus by PCR. The same norovirus (genogroup I) was found in some of the food items consumed by the cases and in a cook who prepared the meals.