An outbreak of Norwalk-like virus gastroenteritis in a nursing home in Rotterdam

O Ronveaux; D Vos; A Bosman; K Brandwijk; J Vinjé; M Koopmans; R Reintjes

doi:10.2807/esm.05.05.00006-es

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An outbreak of Norwalk-like virus gastroenteritis in a nursing home in Rotterdam
O Ronveaux¹ , D Vos^1,2,3 , A Bosman² , K Brandwijk^1,2,3 , J Vinjé^1,2,3 , M Koopmans³ , R Reintjes^1,2,3
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Affiliations: ¹ Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium ² Centre for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands ³ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: Ronveaux O, Vos D, Bosman A, Brandwijk K, Vinjé J, Koopmans M, Reintjes R. An outbreak of Norwalk-like virus gastroenteritis in a nursing home in Rotterdam. Euro Surveill. 2000;5(5):pii=6. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.05.05.00006-es

Abstract

Sixty-two per cent of elderly and disabled residents of a Dutch nursing home (74/120) and 32% of staff (33/102) became ill in an outbreak of Norwalk-like viral gastroenteritis. The outbreak spread from person to person was supported by temporal clustering of cases. Being fed by members of staff was associated with higher attack rates.