| an outbreak of norovirus linked to oysters in tasmania. | norovirus is the most commonly reported virus in shellfish related gastroenteritis outbreaks. in march 2013 an investigation was conducted following the receipt of reports of gastroenteritis after the consumption of oysters at private functions in tasmania. cases were ascertained through general practitioners, emergency departments, media releases and self-reporting. of the 306 cases identified in tasmania, ten faecal specimens were collected for laboratory testing and eight were positive for no ... | 2014 | 25409349 |
| altered patterns of norovirus gii.b recombinant forms in gastroenteritis outbreaks in victoria, australia, 2002-2005 compared to 2006-2011. | gii.b norovirus is an obligatory recombinant with an open reading frame (orf) 1 comprising the gii.b genotype and the orf 2 region corresponding to one of a number of other norovirus genotypes. gii.b is the second most common genotype after gii.4 associated with gastroenteritis outbreaks in victoria, australia. the study involved norovirus testing of 14,186 specimens from 2,743 victorian gastroenteritis outbreaks in the period 2002-2011. the noroviruses identified were further characterized by n ... | 2013 | 23765780 |