Norovirus outbreaks linked to oyster consumption in the United Kingdom, Norway, France, Sweden and Denmark, 2010

T Westrell; V Dusch; S Ethelberg; J Harris; M Hjertqvist; N Jourdan-da Silva; A Koller; A Lenglet; M Lisby; L Vold

doi:10.2807/ese.15.12.19524-en

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Norovirus outbreaks linked to oyster consumption in the United Kingdom, Norway, France, Sweden and Denmark, 2010

T Westrell¹, V Dusch², S Ethelberg³, J Harris⁴, M Hjertqvist⁵, N Jourdan-da Silva⁶, A Koller⁷, A Lenglet¹, M Lisby⁸, L Vold⁹
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Affiliations: ¹ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ² Ministry of Agriculture, France, Paris ³ Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark ⁴ Health Protection Agency, London, UK ⁵ Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm, Sweden ⁶ Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint-Maurice, France ⁷ Norwegian Food Safety Authority, Oslo, Norway ⁸ Regional Veterinary and Food Control Authority East, Ringsted, Denmark ⁹ Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

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Citation style for this article: Westrell T, Dusch V, Ethelberg S, Harris J, Hjertqvist M, Jourdan-da Silva N, Koller A, Lenglet A, Lisby M, Vold L. Norovirus outbreaks linked to oyster consumption in the United Kingdom, Norway, France, Sweden and Denmark, 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(12):pii=19524. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.12.19524-en Received: 17 Mar 2010

Abstract

This paper reports on several simultaneous outbreaks of norovirus infection linked to the consumption of raw oysters. Since January 2010, 334 cases in 65 clusters were reported from five European countries: the United Kingdom, Norway, France, Sweden and Denmark. The article describes the available epidemiological and microbiological evidence of these outbreaks.