Outbreak of norovirus group II in a military training center, Peru 2013

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública

Sofia Gonzales¹  Giselle Soto²  Juan Wong²  Giannina Luna²  Maria Silva²  Mariana Ramos²  Rubén Valle³  Daniel G. Bausch³  Jose Quispe⁴  Luis Loayza⁴ 

[1] Centro Médico Naval “CMST”, Lima, Perú.;Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Tropicales de la Marina de EE. UU., Lima, Perú.;Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Tropicales de la Marina de EE. UU., Lima, Perú;Dirección de Salud de la Marina de Guerra del Perú, Lima, Perú.;

关键词: norovirus;    brotes;    personal militar;   

DOI  :  10.17843/rpmesp.2015.321.1579

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

We report an outbreak of norovirus (NoV) which occurred at a military training center in Peru. Thirteen stool samples that were taken from initial cases turned out positive for NoV GII by RT-PCR. A case-control study was performed to determine factors associated with infection.164 probable cases (45.2% clinical attack rate) were identified. The only factor associated with infection was “having shared room with a case” (ORa = 1.7; 95% CI 1.1 to 2.7).Epidemiological findings suggest that the virus was spread person to person. Future investigations of outbreaks of diarrhea in Peru should consider the NoV as an etiologic agent.

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