A food‐borne outbreak of gastroenteritis due to genotype G1P[8] rotavirus among adolescents in Japan. (September 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mizukoshi, Fuminori; Kuroda, Makoto; Tsukagoshi, Hiroyuki; Sekizuka, Tsuyoshi; Funatogawa, Keiji; Morita, Yukio; Noda, Masahiro; Katayama, Kazuhiko; Kimura, Hirokazu
• Is Part Of: Microbiology and immunology. Volume 58:Number 9(2014:Sep.)
• Page Start: 536
• Page End: 539
• Publication Date: 2014-09
• Subjects: Microbiology -- Periodicals; Immunology -- Periodicals; Allergy and Immunology -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Microbiologie -- Périodiques; Immunologie -- Périodiques; 579
• DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12176
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0385-5600

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="mim12176-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <p>Six high school students in Tochigi prefecture, Japan, developed gastroenteritis after eating at a pork cutlet shop. Molecular epidemiologic analyses showed that the causative agent was genotype G1P[8] rotavirus (RV), this being detected in stool samples from both the patients and the asymptomatic food handlers. The detected RV strains were closely related genetically. The only uncooked food that all victims had eaten was raw sliced cabbage. These findings results suggest that uncooked foods contaminated with RV may be sources of infectious gastroenteritis in adolescents.</p> </sec> </abstract>