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

Giuseppe

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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]


Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 30, 28 July 2011
Rapid communications
Food-borne outbreak of norovirus infection in a French military parachuting unit, April 2011



A Mayet ()<SUP>1</SUP>, V Andr?o<SUP>2</SUP>, G B?dubourg<SUP>1</SUP>, S Victorion<SUP>3</SUP>, J Y Plantec<SUP>3</SUP>, B Soulli?<SUP>4</SUP>, J B Meynard<SUP>1</SUP>, J J Dedieu<SUP>2</SUP>, P Y Polv?che<SUP>5</SUP>, R Migliani<SUP>1</SUP>
  1. Military Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health, Military Teaching Hospital B?gin, Saint Mand?, France
  2. Veterinary Department, Military Health Service, Toulouse, France
  3. School of Airborne Troops, Pau, France
  4. Medical Biology Service, Military Teaching Hospital R. Picqu?, Bordeaux, France
  5. Regional Directorate of the Military Health Service, Bordeaux, France
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Citation style for this article: Mayet A, Andr?o V, B?dubourg G, Victorion S, Plantec JY, Soulli? B, Meynard JB, Dedieu JJ, Polv?che PY, Migliani R. Food-borne outbreak of norovirus infection in a French military parachuting unit, April 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(30):pii=19930. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19930
Date of submission: 18 July 2011
<HR>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.
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