TY - JOUR AU - Mattison, Kirsten AU - Shukla, Anu AU - Cook, Angela AU - Pollari, Frank AU - Friendship, Robert AU - Kelton, David AU - Bidawid, Sabah AU - Farber, Jeffrey M. T1 - Human Noroviruses in Swine and Cattle T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 8 SP - 1184 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Human noroviruses are the predominant cause of foodborne gastroenteritis worldwide. Strains of norovirus also exist that are uniquely associated with animals; their contribution to the incidence of human illness remains unclear. We tested animal fecal samples and identified GIII (bovine), GII.18 (swine), and GII.4 (human) norovirus sequences, demonstrating for the first time, to our knowledge, that GII.4-like strains can be present in livestock. In addition, we detected GII.4-like noroviral RNA from a retail meat sample. This finding highlights a possible route for indirect zoonotic transmission of noroviruses through the food chain. KW - Norovirus KW - gastroenteritis KW - zoonoses KW - food microbiology KW - research KW - Canada DO - 10.3201/eid1308.070005 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/8/07-0005_article ER - End of Reference