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  • Norovirus Foodborne Outbrea...
    Fumian, Tulio Machado; Ferreira, Fernando César; de Andrade, Juliana da Silva Ribeiro; Canal, Natália; Silva Gomes, Gabriela; Teixeira, Lilian Borges; Miagostovich, Marize Pereira

    Food and environmental virology, 12/2021, Letnik: 13, Številka: 4
    Journal Article

    Norovirus is a major cause of foodborne-associated acute gastroenteritis (AGE) outbreaks worldwide. Usually, food products are contaminated either during harvesting or preparation, and the most common products associated to norovirus outbreaks are raw or undercooked bivalve shellfish, fruits (frozen berries) and ready-to-eat produce. In the present study, we investigated an AGE outbreak caused by norovirus associated with the consumption of ice pops in southern Brazil. Clinical stool samples from patients and ice pops samples were collected and analyzed for viruses’ detection. By using RT-qPCR and sequencing, we detected the uncommon genotype GII.12P16 in clinical samples and GII.12 in samples of ice pop. Strains shared identity of 100% at nucleotide level strongly suggesting the consumption of ice pops as the source of the outbreak.