A food-borne outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by norovirus GII in a university located in Xiamen City, China
International Journal of Infectious Diseases·
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.06.022
- PMID
- 25263502
- PMCID
- —
- OpenAlex
- W1999726820
- Study type
- Case-control study
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The report is relevant to foodborne outbreak investigation and transmission dynamics in a university setting. It describes a norovirus-associated outbreak linked to a food source and a possibly infected food handler.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The study asked what caused a diarrhea outbreak at a university in China, including the likely agent, source, transmission route, and risk factors.
Study design
This was a case-control outbreak investigation.
Population and setting
The setting was a university in Xiamen City, China. The outbreak involved students, with comparisons made against asymptomatic student controls.
Main findings
The abstract reports 87 illnesses among 7,141 students. Bread products from an unlicensed small bakery were associated with illness, and norovirus GII was detected in seven patients, a food handler, and the food handler's 8-month-old son.
Public-health relevance
The report is relevant to foodborne outbreak investigation and transmission dynamics in a university setting. It describes a norovirus-associated outbreak linked to a food source and a possibly infected food handler.
Important limitations
The summary is limited to the supplied single-article abstract and metadata. The abstract does not provide detailed case definitions, laboratory methods, or full analytic details, so original-paper review is needed for decision-grade interpretation.
GIDS interpretation
This publication is discoverable as an outbreak investigation focused on norovirus GII and transmission in a university foodborne event. The abstract supports literature context only and does not by itself establish a live surveillance signal.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 9 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.