Import of norovirus infections in the Netherlands and Ireland following pilgrimages to Lourdes, 2008 – preliminary report

L Verhoef; E Duizer; H Vennema; J Siebenga; C Swaan; L Isken; M Koopmans; K Balay; P Pothier; P McKeown; G van Dijk; P Capdepon; G Delmas

doi:10.2807/ese.13.44.19025-en

Rapid communications Open Access

Like 0

Download

Import of norovirus infections in the Netherlands and Ireland following pilgrimages to Lourdes, 2008 – preliminary report
L Verhoef¹ , E Duizer¹ , H Vennema¹ , J Siebenga¹ , C Swaan¹ , L Isken¹ , M Koopmans¹ , K Balay² , P Pothier² , P McKeown³ , G van Dijk⁴ , P Capdepon⁵ , G Delmas⁶
View Affiliations Hide Affiliations

Affiliations: ¹ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, the Netherlands ² National Reference Centre for Enteric Viruses, Dijon, France ³ Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland ⁴ Municipal Health Service West-Brabant, Breda, the Netherlands ⁵ Direction Départementale des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales (District Health and Social Services, DDASS) des Haute Pyrénées, France ⁶ Institut de Veille Sanitaire (French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, INVS), Saint Maurice, France

Correspondence:
L Verhoef
Linda.Verhoef rivm.nl
View Citation Hide Citation

Citation style for this article: Verhoef L, Duizer E, Vennema H, Siebenga J, Swaan C, Isken L, Koopmans M, Balay K, Pothier P, McKeown P, van Dijk G, Capdepon P, Delmas G. Import of norovirus infections in the Netherlands and Ireland following pilgrimages to Lourdes, 2008 – preliminary report. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(44):pii=19025. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.44.19025-en Received: 29 Oct 2008

Abstract

Between mid-September and 19 October 2008, nine clusters of norovirus infection involving around 90 primary cases and over a hundred secondary cases were identified in patients from the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy and France, linked to pilgrimage to Lourdes, France.