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July 1, 2007Emerging infectious diseasesOpen Access

Acute Gastroenteritis Caused by GI/2 Sapovirus, Taiwan, 2007

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Population

55 college students in northern Taiwan with clinical symptoms of gastroenteritis during an outbreak in May…

Design

Case_series

Follow-up

up to 10 days (mean 4.7 days)

Authors

FWFang‐Tzy WuMinistry of Health and WelfareOTOka TSutter HealthNTNaokazu TakedaHyogo University of Health Sciences

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Implication

Sapovirus GI/2 may cause adult outbreaks; this case report leaves open prevalence and virulence questions.

Structured PICO

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Population
55 college students in northern Taiwan with clinical symptoms of gastroenteritis during an outbreak in May 2007
O
Outcome
Identification of the etiologic agent and characterization of clinical symptoms

This outbreak report highlights that sapovirus GI/2 can cause significant gastroenteritis outbreaks in adults, suggesting potential increased virulence or prevalence in this population.

Limitations

  • Source of contamination was not determined

Cite This Study

Wu et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6faf2a5d37378ac1dcbdb5https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1407.071531
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