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 (1, 2) , P. Mckeown , G. van Dijk , P. Capdepon , G. Delmas

1 LIMA - Laboratoire Interactions Muqueuses Agents Transmissibles
2 Laboratoire de sérologie-virologie (CHU de Dijon)

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.

Domaines: Virologie

L. Verhoef, E. Duizer, H. Vennema, J. Siebenga, C. Swaan, et al.. Import of norovirus infections in the Netherlands and Ireland following pilgrimages to Lourdes, 2008--preliminary report.. Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2008, 13 (44), pii: 19025. ⟨hal-00510665⟩