53 sick: Rare norovirus GIV foodborne outbreak, Wisconsin, USA

We report a norovirus GIV outbreak in the United States, 15 years after the last reported outbreak. During May 2016 in Wisconsin, 53 persons, including 4 food handlers, reported being ill. The outbreak was linked to individually prepared fruit consumed as a fruit salad. The virus was phylogenetically classified as a novel GIV genotype.

Rare norovirus GIV foodborne outbreak, Wisconsin, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases vol. 27 no. 4

Leslie Barclay, Tim Davis, and Jan Vinjé

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/4/20-4521_article?ACSTrackingID=USCDC_331-DM52806&ACSTrackingLabel=Emerging%20Infectious%20Diseases%20Journal%20-%20Volume%2027,%20Issue%204%20-%20April%202021%20Issue%20Now%20Online&deliveryName=USCDC_331-DM52806

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A former professor of food safety and the publisher of barfblog.com, Powell is passionate about food, has five daughters, and is an OK goaltender in pickup hockey. Download Doug’s CV here. Dr. Douglas Powell editor, barfblog.com retired professor, food safety 3/289 Annerley Rd Annerley, Queensland 4103 dpowell29@gmail.com 61478222221 I am based in Brisbane, Australia, 15 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time