Enhanced hygiene measures and norovirus transmission during an outbreak

Enhanced hygiene measures and norovirus transmission during an outbreak

Control of norovirus outbreaks relies on enhanced hygiene measures, such as handwashing, surface cleaning, using disposable paper towels, and using separate toilets for sick and well persons. However, little is known about their effectiveness in limiting further spread of norovirus infections. We an...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 24 - 30
Main Authors: HEIJNE, J.C, TEUNIS, P, MORROY, G, WIJKMANS, C, OOSTVEEN, S, DUIZER, E, KRETZCHMAR, M, WALLINGA, J
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 2009
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology
Caliciviridae Infections - prevention & control
Caliciviridae Infections - transmission
Caliciviridae Infections - virology
Child
Disease Outbreaks
Disease transmission
Gastroenteritis - epidemiology
Gastroenteritis - prevention & control
Gastroenteritis - virology
Hand Disinfection - methods
Health aspects
Humans
Hygiene
Infection
Infection Control - methods
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Netherlands - epidemiology
Norovirus
Norovirus - isolation & purification
Norovirus - physiology
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Netherlands
Epidemic
Infection
Nosocomial infection
Contagion
Gastroenteritis
Check
Hospital
Hygiene
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Summary:Control of norovirus outbreaks relies on enhanced hygiene measures, such as handwashing, surface cleaning, using disposable paper towels, and using separate toilets for sick and well persons. However, little is known about their effectiveness in limiting further spread of norovirus infections. We analyzed norovirus outbreaks in 7 camps at an international scouting jamboree in the Netherlands during 2004. Implementation of hygiene measures coincided with an 84.8% (95% predictive interval 81.2%-86.6%) reduction in reproduction number. This reduction was unexpectedly large but still below the reduction needed to contain a norovirus outbreak. Even more stringent control measures are required to break the chain of transmission of norovirus.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/1501.080299