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An Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Caused by Norovirus-Contaminated Groundwater at a Waterpark in Korea

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Koh, Seong-Joon, Cho, Han Gil, Kim, Bo Hyun, Choi, Bo Youl·2011·Journal of Korean Medical Science
DOI 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.1.28PMC PMC3012846
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In January 2008, an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis at a waterpark was reported to the Bundang-gu Public Health Center in Seongnam, Korea. To determine the etiological agent and mode of transmission, a retrospective cohort study was done using structured questionnaires and stool samples from patients who had current gastrointestinal symptoms and three food handlers were tested. A total of 67 (31.0%) students and teachers developed acute gastroenteritis. No food items were associated with an increased risk of the illness. Norovirus was detected in 3 stool specimens collected from 6 patients who had severe diarrhea using semi-nested RT-PCR. All the specimens contained the genogroup I strains of the norovirus. Norovirus was also detected in the groundwater samples from the waterpark. In the nucleotide sequencing analysis, all the genogroup I noroviruses from the patients and groundwater samples were identified as the norovirus genotype I-4 strain. They were indistinguishable by DNA sequencing with a 97% homology. We conclude the outbreak of acute gastroenteritis caused by the norovirus was closely related to the contaminated groundwater.

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Fig. 1 Phylogenetic analysis of norovirus genogroup-I at a waterpark in Gyeonggi-do. Analysis was conducted using MegAlign, version 5.03 (DNAStar, Madison, Wis). The noroviruses detected in the fecal specimens from the patients of this outbreak were typed as GI-4 (most similar to GI-4 Chiba the GenBank accession number AF145896), as was the norovirus isolated from the groundwater.
Fig. 1 Phylogenetic analysis of norovirus genogroup-I at a waterpark in Gyeonggi-do. Analysis was conducted using MegAlign, version 5.03 (DNAStar, Madison, Wis). The noroviruses detected in the fecal specimens from the patients of this outbreak were typed as GI-4 (most similar to GI-4 Chiba the GenBank accession number AF145896), as was the norovirus isolated from the groundwater.CC BY-NC · PubMed Central

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Authors
Koh, S.-J., Cho, H. G., Kim, B. H., & Choi, B. Y.
Affiliations
  • Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Public Health Policy, Gyeonggi Provincial Office, Suwon, Korea.
  • Division of Microbiology, Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment, Suwon, Korea.
  • Bundang Jesaeng Hospital (KR)
  • Hanyang University (KR)
Corresponding author
Choi, Bo Youl
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Korean Medical Science
Publisher
Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
Published
2011
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
28
ISSN
  • 1011-8934 (ISSN-L)
  • 1598-6357
DOI
10.3346/jkms.2011.26.1.28
PMC
PMC3012846
OpenAlex
W2003666043
Cited by
42
References
17
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
  • cc-by-nc
  • creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Korean Medical Science (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
Keywords
norovirus, acute gastroenteritis, groundwater contamination, genogroup I, waterborne transmission, food handlers
MeSH terms
Adult, Child, Disease Outbreaks, Feces, Female, Fresh Water, Gastroenteritis, Genotype, Humans, Male, Phylogeny, Retrospective Studies, Cohort Studies, Caliciviridae Infections, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Norovirus, Republic of Korea

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Koh, S.-J., Cho, H. G., Kim, B. H., & Choi, B. Y. (2011). An Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Caused by Norovirus-Contaminated Groundwater at a Waterpark in Korea. Journal of Korean Medical Science. https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2011.26.1.28

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