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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2005, p. 4836-4839, Vol. 43, No. 9
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.9.4836-4839.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis That Occurred during School Excursions in Korea Were Associated with Several Waterborne Strains of Norovirus

Sung-Han Kim,1 Doo-Sung Cheon,1 Jin-Hyeun Kim,2 Dong-Han Lee,2 Won-hwa Jheong,3 Young-Joo Heo,2 Hyen-Mi Chung,3 Youngmee Jee,1* and Joo-Shil Lee1

Division of Enteric and Hepatitis Viruses, Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Republic of Korea,1 Division of Epidemiologic Investigation, Department of Infectious Disease Control, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Seoul, Republic of Korea,2 Division of Water Microbiology, Department of Water Environment Research, National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon, Republic of Korea3

Received 28 January 2005/ Returned for modification 30 March 2005/ Accepted 6 May 2005

In May 2004, 97 of 309 (31%) and 97 of 207 (47%) school students from geographically distant areas were affected by acute gastroenteritis during excursions to neighboring hotels. The two hotels were 300 m apart, on Jeju Island, South Korea. Several strains of norovirus, including both genogroup I and genogroup II viruses, were identified in stool samples from the students and food handlers and in groundwater from the hotels. Of these several strains of norovirus, the nucleotide sequences for one strain were identical for samples from the students, food handlers, and groundwater.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Enteric and Hepatitis Viruses, Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, 5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-gu, Seoul 122-701, Republic of Korea. Phone: 82-2-380-1494. Fax: 82-2-382-6542. E-mail: ymeejee{at}nih.go.kr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2005, p. 4836-4839, Vol. 43, No. 9
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.9.4836-4839.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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