TY - JOUR
T1 - Viral gastroenteritis outbreaks in Europe, 1995-2000
AU - Lopman, Ben A.
AU - Reacher, Mark H.
AU - Van Duijnhoven, Yvonne
AU - Hanon, François Xavier
AU - Brown, David
AU - Koopmans, Marion
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - To gain understanding of surveillance and epidemiology of viral gastroenteritis outbreaks in Europe, we compiled data from 10 surveillance systems in the Foodborne Viruses in Europe network. Established surveillance systems found Norovirus to be responsible for >85% (N=3,714) of all nonbacterial outbreaks of gastroenteritis reported from 1995 to 2000. However, the absolute number and population-based rates of viral gastroenteritis outbreaks differed markedly among European surveillance systems. A wide range of estimates of the importance of foodborne transmission were also found. We review these differences within the context of the sources of outbreak surveillance information, clinical definitions, and structures of the outbreak surveillance systems.
AB - To gain understanding of surveillance and epidemiology of viral gastroenteritis outbreaks in Europe, we compiled data from 10 surveillance systems in the Foodborne Viruses in Europe network. Established surveillance systems found Norovirus to be responsible for >85% (N=3,714) of all nonbacterial outbreaks of gastroenteritis reported from 1995 to 2000. However, the absolute number and population-based rates of viral gastroenteritis outbreaks differed markedly among European surveillance systems. A wide range of estimates of the importance of foodborne transmission were also found. We review these differences within the context of the sources of outbreak surveillance information, clinical definitions, and structures of the outbreak surveillance systems.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037237485&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid0901.020184
DO - 10.3201/eid0901.020184
M3 - Article
C2 - 12533287
AN - SCOPUS:0037237485
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 9
SP - 90
EP - 96
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 1
ER -
