Norovirus in Bottled Water Associated with Gastroenteritis Outbreak, Spain, 2016

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 23; no. 9; pp. 1531 - 1534
• Main Authors: Blanco, Albert, Guix, Susana, Fuster, Noemí, Fuentes, Cristina, Bartolomé, Rosa, Cornejo, Thais, Pintó, Rosa Maria, Bosch, Albert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.09.2017; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Aigua potable; bottled water; Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology; Caliciviridae Infections - virology; Causes of; Disease Outbreaks; Dispatch; Distribution; Drinking water; Drinking Water - virology; Epidemics; Gastroenteritis; Gastroenteritis - epidemiology; Gastroenteritis - virology; Gastrointestinal diseases; Genotype; Health aspects; Humans; Norovirus; Norovirus - classification; Norovirus - genetics; Norovirus - isolation & purification; Norovirus in Bottled Water Associated with Gastroenteritis Outbreak, Spain, 2016; outbreak; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Viral - genetics; Spain; Spain - epidemiology; viruses; Water Microbiology; Spain; Catalonia; viruses; bottled water; gastroenteritis; norovirus; enteric infections; outbreak; Spain
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2309.161489

In April 2016, an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness (4,136 cases) occurred in Catalonia, Spain. We detected high levels of norovirus genotypes I and II in office water coolers associated with the outbreak. Infectious viral titer estimates were 33-49 genome copies/L for genotype I and 327-660 genome copies/L for genotype II.