An unusual outbreak of rotavirus G8P[8] gastroenteritis in adults in an urban community, Singapore, 2016

• Published in: Journal of clinical virology Vol. 105; pp. 57 - 63
• Main Authors: Chia, Gabriel, Ho, Hanley J., Ng, Ching-Ging, Neo, Freddy Jun-Xian, Win, Mar-Kyaw, Cui, Lin, Leo, Yee-Sin, Chow, Angela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.08.2018
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Animals; Cattle - virology; Cohort Studies; Community outbreak; Direct transmission; Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data; Feces - virology; Female; Fomite; Fomites - virology; Gastroenteritis; Gastroenteritis - epidemiology; Gastroenteritis - virology; Genotype; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Phylogeny; Reassortant Viruses - genetics; Rotavirus; Rotavirus - genetics; Rotavirus - isolation & purification; Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology; Rotavirus Infections - transmission; Singapore - epidemiology; Tertiary Care Centers; Urban Population; Young Adult; Singapore; Direct transmission; Community outbreak; Adults; Rotavirus; Fomite; Gastroenteritis

•Rotavirus G8P[8] can cause gastroenteritis outbreaks in community-dwelling adults.•First rotavirus outbreak report in an adult urban community that is not waterborne.•Exposure to the market in the outbreak area was strongly associated with infection.•Transmission of rotavirus likely through fomites...