Molecular characterization of noroviruses and rotaviruses involved in a large outbreak of gastroenteritis in Northern Italy

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Aug;77(15):5545-8. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00278-11. Epub 2011 Jun 10.

Abstract

Noroviruses and rotaviruses from a gastroenteritis outbreak affecting >300 people near Garda Lake (Northern Italy) in 2009 were investigated. Characterization of viruses from 40 patient stool samples and 5 environmental samples identified three distinct rotavirus and five norovirus genotypes; two of the latter were detected in both patient and environmental samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Caliciviridae Infections / diagnosis
  • Caliciviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Caliciviridae Infections / virology*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Feces / virology
  • Gastroenteritis / diagnosis
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology
  • Gastroenteritis / virology*
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Norovirus / genetics*
  • Norovirus / isolation & purification
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Rotavirus / genetics*
  • Rotavirus / isolation & purification
  • Rotavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Rotavirus Infections / virology*