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April 15, 2010Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpen Access

Epidemiology and Genotype Analysis of Emerging Sapovirus-Associated Infections across Europe

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Population

Patients involved in 478 outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis reported in the Netherlands between November…

Design

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Authors

SSSanela SvrakaTergooiHVHarry VennemaAustralian National UniversityBVBas van der VeerNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment

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Implication

May warrant sapovirus testing in elderly adult outbreaks; leaves open transmission and prevention studies.

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Population
Patients involved in 478 outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis (3,233 samples) reported in the Netherlands between November 2007 and January 2009, along with cases from Sweden, Slovenia, and Hungary. Most patients were adults older than 60 years.
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Outcome
Detection and genotyping of sapovirus as the causative agent of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks

Sapovirus, previously thought to primarily affect children, is emerging as a significant cause of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in adults across Europe, particularly driven by genotype I.2.

Limitations

  • Reporting and sampling bias towards nursing homes and health care settings where reporting of gastroenteritis illness is mandatory

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Svraka et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71f32f6ceb2bbd16e04352https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.02427-09
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