February 3, 2007Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpen Access

Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Due to Sapovirus

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Population

26 children aged 4 to 6 years who provided stool specimens during a gastroenteritis outbreak at a…

Design

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Authors

GHGrant S. HansmanGriffith University HSHiroyuki SaitoNagaoka University CSChihiro ShibataSapporo Medical University Hospital

Discussion

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Implication

High shedding in kindergarten outbreaks may warrant sapovirus testing; leaves open questions on antigenic variation for control measures.

Structured PICO

Population

26 children aged 4 to 6 years who provided stool specimens during a gastroenteritis outbreak at a kindergarten in Yokote City, Japan (out of 67 total affected individuals).

Outcome

Detection, viral load quantification, and antigenic characterization of Sapovirus from stool specimens.

A Sapovirus outbreak in a Japanese kindergarten was characterized by high viral shedding comparable to Norovirus GII, potentially explaining its high transmissibility.

Limitations

Further studies are needed with other Sapovirus strains to confirm findings regarding viral shedding and transmissibility.

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Hansman et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71f3316ceb2bbd16e04355 https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01854-06

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February 3, 2007Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpen Access

Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Due to Sapovirus

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Population

26 children aged 4 to 6 years who provided stool specimens during a gastroenteritis outbreak at a…

Design

Other

Authors

GHGrant S. HansmanGriffith University HSHiroyuki SaitoNagaoka University CSChihiro ShibataSapporo Medical University Hospital

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

High shedding in kindergarten outbreaks may warrant sapovirus testing; leaves open questions on antigenic variation for control measures.

Structured PICO

Population

26 children aged 4 to 6 years who provided stool specimens during a gastroenteritis outbreak at a kindergarten in Yokote City, Japan (out of 67 total affected individuals).

Outcome

Detection, viral load quantification, and antigenic characterization of Sapovirus from stool specimens.

A Sapovirus outbreak in a Japanese kindergarten was characterized by high viral shedding comparable to Norovirus GII, potentially explaining its high transmissibility.

Limitations

Further studies are needed with other Sapovirus strains to confirm findings regarding viral shedding and transmissibility.

Cite This Study

Hansman et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71f3316ceb2bbd16e04355 https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01854-06

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