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J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.02198-07
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Norovirus excretion in an age-care setting

Elise T-V. Tu, Rowena A. Bull, Mi-Jurng Kim, Christopher J. McIver, Leon Heron, William D. Rawlinson, and Peter A. White*

School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, and School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, the University of New South Wales, UNSW, Sydney 2052, Australia; Virology Division, SESIAHS, Department of Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney 2031, Australia; National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Research Building, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead 2145, Australia

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: p.white{at}unsw.edu.au.


  Abstract

Norovirus genogroup II excretion during an outbreak of gastroenteritis was investigated in an aged-care facility. Viral shedding peaked in the acute stage of illness and continued for an average of 28.7 days. The viral decay rate was 0.76 per day, which corresponds to a viral half-life of 2.5 days.




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