An Outbreak Associated with Sapovirus GI.3 in an Elementary School in Gyeonggi-do, Korea.

An Outbreak Associated with Sapovirus GI.3 in an Elementary School in Gyeonggi-do, Korea. J Korean Med Sci. 2020 Aug 31;35(34):e281 Authors: Cho SR, Yun SJ, Chae SJ, Jung S, Kim JH, Yong KC, Cho EH, Choi W, Lee DY Abstract On October 4, 2018, an outbreak of gastroenteritis associated with sapovirus occurred among elementary school students in Gyeonggi-do, Korea. Epidemiologic studies were conducted in a retrospective cohort approach. Using self-administered questionnaires, we collected information on symptoms and food items consumed. Of the 999 subjects, 17 developed patients that met the case definition. The main symptom was vomiting (100%), and the symptomatic age was 6-12 years. Positive samples were identified by conventional reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for sequencing. They were classified into genotype GI.3 by phylogenetic analysis. This is the first report of an outbreak associated with sapovirus GI.3 in Korea. PMID: 32864904 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Korean Medical Science - Category: Biomedical Science Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research