Citation

Anderson AD, Heryford AG, Sarisky JP, Higgins C, Monroe SS, Beard RS, Newport CM, Cashdollar JL, Fout GS, Robbins DE, Seys SA, Musgrave KJ, Medus C, Vinjé J, Bresee JS, Mainzer HM, Glass RI. J. Infect. Dis. 2003; 187(2): 303-306.

Affiliation

Viral Gastroenteritis Section, Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/346239

PMID

12552455

Abstract

In February 2001, episodes of acute gastroenteritis were reported to the Wyoming Department of Health from persons who had recently vacationed at a snowmobile lodge in Wyoming. A retrospective cohort study found a significant association between water consumption and illness, and testing identified Norwalk-like virus (NLV) in 8 of 13 stool samples and 1 well. Nucleotide sequences from the positive well-water specimen and 6 of the positive stool samples were identical. This multistrain NLV outbreak investigation illustrates the importance of NLV as a cause of waterborne illness and should encourage monitoring for NLVs in drinking water.

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