A Food Poisoning Outbreak Due to Food Handler-Associated Contamination with the Human Norovirus GII.P16-GII.2 Variant Strain in Italian Cuisine in Tokyo during the 2016/17 Winter Season

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2018 Mar 22;71(2):172-173. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2017.264. Epub 2018 Feb 28.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health.
² Department of Microbiology, Tochigi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science.
³ Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
⁴ Laboratory of Viral infection I, Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University.

PMID: 29491240
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2017.264

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Keywords: Norovirus; food poisoning outbreak; variant.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Caliciviridae Infections / epidemiology
Caliciviridae Infections / etiology*
Child
Disease Outbreaks* / statistics & numerical data
Female
Food Handling*
Foodborne Diseases / etiology*
Foodborne Diseases / microbiology*
Gastroenteritis / epidemiology
Gastroenteritis / etiology
Gastroenteritis / virology
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Norovirus / genetics
Norovirus / isolation & purification
Phylogeny
Seasons*
Tokyo / epidemiology
Young Adult