Risk factors for hospital norovirus outbreaks: Impact of vomiting, genotype and multioccupancy rooms

Conclusions This is the first study to investigate clinical, ward and genotype risk factors for NoV hospital outbreaks. Recognition of these factors may help direct and prioritise infection control actions based on the outbreak risk. The results also suggest that the outbreak association with GII.4 partly may be explained by an enhanced ability to induce vomiting.
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research