Gert van der Hoek
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AGES found new norovirus strain of "Sydney 2012" for the first time in Austria
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Food-borne outbreak of norovirus GII.4 Sydney 2012 confirmed in Salzburg
In October 2012, a wedding party in Salzburg's Pongau led to unpleasant consequences later. 24 hours after the ceremony affected 26 of about 100 wedding guests to diarrhea and vomiting. To exclude the possibility that contaminated food with noroviruses are in circulation, asked the Salzburg provincial health director Dr. Heidelinde Neumann AGES with the investigation of the outbreak. The previous month, Germany recorded the largest norovirus outbreak with over 11,000 patients. Cause according to the Robert Koch Institute were Chinese frozen strawberries.
The clarification of the AGES showed that the diseases caused by the world's emerging norovirus strain GII.4 Sydney were triggered 2012th At the Reference Center for norovirus at the "Center for Food-borne infectious diseases," the AGES in Graz in the course of outbreak investigations are routinely performed by DNA sequencing rules to identify early emerging virus strains.
For Dr. Ingeborg Lederer, head Norovirus Reference Point, "Sydney 2012" does not constitute an exceptional event: run caused by this new type of disease is not heavier than other norovirus disease. In RNA viruses, it is also not unusual that occurs every two to three years, a new virus strain.
At the Salzburg norovirus outbreak was 85 percent of all cases are attributed to eating the wedding cake. The outbreak investigation of the AGES experts showed that the virus has spread through a diseased kitchen staff. AGES emphasizes the importance of maintaining hygiene measures in food processing and catering.
11th with Stand January 2013, it has since been no complications with the new strain of norovirus GII.4 Sydney, where the 2012th In Austria the previous year 21 caused by norovirus outbreaks have been reported. At the AGES Reference Point in 736 stool samples were detected noroviruses.
AGES
machinetranslation
Food-borne outbreak of norovirus GII.4 Sydney 2012 confirmed in Salzburg
In October 2012, a wedding party in Salzburg's Pongau led to unpleasant consequences later. 24 hours after the ceremony affected 26 of about 100 wedding guests to diarrhea and vomiting. To exclude the possibility that contaminated food with noroviruses are in circulation, asked the Salzburg provincial health director Dr. Heidelinde Neumann AGES with the investigation of the outbreak. The previous month, Germany recorded the largest norovirus outbreak with over 11,000 patients. Cause according to the Robert Koch Institute were Chinese frozen strawberries.
The clarification of the AGES showed that the diseases caused by the world's emerging norovirus strain GII.4 Sydney were triggered 2012th At the Reference Center for norovirus at the "Center for Food-borne infectious diseases," the AGES in Graz in the course of outbreak investigations are routinely performed by DNA sequencing rules to identify early emerging virus strains.
For Dr. Ingeborg Lederer, head Norovirus Reference Point, "Sydney 2012" does not constitute an exceptional event: run caused by this new type of disease is not heavier than other norovirus disease. In RNA viruses, it is also not unusual that occurs every two to three years, a new virus strain.
At the Salzburg norovirus outbreak was 85 percent of all cases are attributed to eating the wedding cake. The outbreak investigation of the AGES experts showed that the virus has spread through a diseased kitchen staff. AGES emphasizes the importance of maintaining hygiene measures in food processing and catering.
11th with Stand January 2013, it has since been no complications with the new strain of norovirus GII.4 Sydney, where the 2012th In Austria the previous year 21 caused by norovirus outbreaks have been reported. At the AGES Reference Point in 736 stool samples were detected noroviruses.
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