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Norwalk-like viral gastroenteritis outbreak in U.S. Army trainees.

Emerging infectious diseases ·Vol. 6 ·No. 2 ·2000-00-00 ·Pages 204-7

Arness MK, Feighner BH, Canham ML, Taylor DN, Monroe SS, Cieslak TJ, Hoedebecke EL, Polyak CS, Cuthie JC, Fankhauser RL, Humphrey CD, Barker TL, Jenkins CD, Skillman DR

Abstract

An outbreak of acute gastroenteritis hospitalized 99 (12%) of 835 U. S. Army trainees at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, from August 27 to September 1, 1998. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction tests for Norwalk-like virus were positive for genogroup 2. Gastroenteritis was associated with one post dining facility and with soft drinks.

MeSH Terms

Caliciviridae Infections/epidemiology Disease Outbreaks Food Microbiology Gastroenteritis/epidemiology Humans Military Personnel Norwalk virus Odds Ratio Texas/epidemiology United States/epidemiology

Authors & Affiliations

14 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Arness M K

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, marness@pol.net

Feighner B H

Canham M L

Taylor D N

Monroe S S

Cieslak T J

Hoedebecke E L

Polyak C S

Cuthie J C

Fankhauser R L

Humphrey C D

Barker T L

Jenkins C D

Skillman D R

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Article Info

Journal

Emerging infectious diseases

Abbr.

Emerg Infect Dis

ISSN

1080-6040

DOI

10.3201/eid0602.009918

marness@pol.net

Published

2000-00-00

Pages

204-7

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

9508155

PMCID

PMC2640852

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.3201/eid0602.009918 PMC Full Text View journal details

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