RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Food borne infection by a Norwalk like virus (small round structured virus).
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 817
OP 820
DO 10.1136/jcp.37.7.817
VO 37
IS 7
A1 T Riordan
A1 J Craske
A1 J L Roberts
A1 A Curry
YR 1984
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/37/7/817.abstract
AB Two outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness with identical symptoms occurred in parties attending banquets on consecutive evenings at a large hotel. The illness was typical of epidemic winter vomiting disease. Small round structured viruses resembling those seen in the Norwalk Ohio outbreak were identified by electron microscopy in stools of victims from one episode. One food handler was found to be excreting the virus, and there was evidence of a poor standard of hygiene in the kitchen. A food history analysis showed the illness to be significantly associated with eating cold cooked ham.