Objectives: To establish the agent responsible for a gastroenteritis outbreak in a hotel in Menorca (Spain) in September 2016. Methods: The study included epidemiological and laboratory analysis. Environmental and stool samples were examined for bacterial and viral pathogens. Results: One hundred...
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Doménech-Sánchez, A.; Laso, E.; Genestar, E.; Berrocal, C. I.
Publisher
Elsevier Espana, S. L., Barcelona, Spain
Citation
Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica, 2021, 39, 1, pp 22-24
Objectives: To determine the aetiological agent causing a gastroenteritis outbreak in two hotels in Majorca (Spain) on August and September 2014. Methods: An epidemiological study was carried out. Environmental and stool samples were analyzed for different pathogens, including norovirus. Results:...
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Doménech-Sánchez, A.; Laso, E.; Pérez, M. J.; Berrocal, C. I.
Publisher
Elsevier Espana, S. L., Barcelona, Spain
Citation
Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica, 2020, 38, 9, pp 431-433
An outbreak of gastrointestinal disease (nausea, vomiting or diarrhoea) occurred among a party of wedding guests, staff and other guests in a hotel in the west of Ireland, in October 2006. Upon notification, a multi-disciplinary outbreak control team was convened to investigate and control the...
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Michel, A.; Fitzgerald, R.; Whyte, D.; Fitzgerald, A.; Beggan, E.; O'Connell, N.; Greally, T.
Publisher
Eurosurveillance, Saint-Maurice, France
Citation
Eurosurveillance, 2007, 12, 7, pp 725
In February 2009, an outbreak of 38 cases of gastroenteritis occurred among the participants of two Dutch coach trips (A and B) who visited the same hotel in Germany. We initiated an outbreak investigation to determine possible risk of food-borne infection. A retrospective cohort study was...
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Visser, H.; Verhoef, L.; Schop, W.; Götz, H. M.
Publisher
Eurosurveillance, Saint-Maurice, France
Citation
Eurosurveillance, 2010, 15, 28, pp 19615
Norovirus is increasingly recognized as a leading cause of outbreaks of foodborne disease. We report on an outbreak in Austria that reached a total of 176 cases, affecting pupils and teachers from four schools on a skiing holiday in a youth hostel in the province of Salzburg in December 2007. A...
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Kuo HungWei; Schmid, D.; Schwarz, K.; Pichler, A. M.; Klein, H.; König, C.; Martin, A. de; Allerberger, F.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag, Wien, Austria
Citation
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 2009, 121, 3/4, pp 120-124
Noroviruses (NoV) have been recognized as an important pathogen associated with acute gastroenteritis worldwide during the past three decades. In the spring of 2012, a series of foodborne outbreaks in tourist groups were reported to Xiamen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xiamen, Fujian...
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Huang JianWei; Xu XueRong; Weng QinYun; Hong HuaRong; Guo ZhiNan; He ShuiZhen; Niu JianJun
Publisher
Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS ONE, 2013, 8, 5, pp e63327
Purpose of review: The aim of this article is to review recent advances in travelers' diarrhea, which remains one of the most common health problems afflicting individuals from developed countries visiting less affluent regions of the world. Recent findings: A large epidemiologic study done at the...
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Okhuysen, P. C.
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Hagerstown, USA
Citation
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2005, 18, 6, pp 522-526
A series of gastroenteritis outbreaks caused by noroviruses (NVs) among tourist groups from several prefectures was associated with eating a lunch prepared by a restaurant in Nagasaki City, Japan, on 18 and 19 November 2003. A retrospective cohort study was performed to estimate the magnitude of...
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Hirakata, Y.; Arisawa, K.; Nishio, O.; Nakagomi, O.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, USA
Citation
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2005, 43, 3, pp 1093-1098