A food-borne outbreak of gastroenteritis due to genotype G1P[8] rotavirus among adolescents in Japan

作者：Mizukoshi Fuminori; Kuroda Makoto; Tsukagoshi Hiroyuki; Sekizuka Tsuyoshi; Funatogawa Keiji; Morita Yukio; Noda Masahiro; Katayama Kazuhiko; Kimura Hirokazu^*

来源：Microbiology and Immunology, 2014, 58(9): 536-539.

DOI：10.1111/1348-0421.12176

• adults
• gastroenteritis
• rotavirus
• salad

Six high school students in Tochigi prefecture, Japan, developed gastroenteritis after eating at a pork cutlet shop. Molecular epidemiologic analyses showed that the causative agent was genotype G1P[8] rotavirus (RV), this being detected in stool samples from both the patients and the asymptomatic food handlers. The detected RV strains were closely related genetically. The only uncooked food that all victims had eaten was raw sliced cabbage. These findings results suggest that uncooked foods contaminated with RV may be sources of infectious gastroenteritis in adolescents.

• 出版日期2014-9