Volume 17, Number 8—August 2011
Research
Novel Surveillance Network for Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks, United States1
Everardo Vega, Leslie Barclay, Nicole Gregoricus, Kara Williams, David Lee, and Jan Vinjé
Table 1
Epidemiologic data fields required for upload to CaliciNet*
| Required CaliciNet fields | Description |
|---|---|
| LabOBNumber | Year, outbreak, and number |
| Outbreak date | Begin date of outbreak |
| Outbreak city | City where outbreak occurred |
| Outbreak state | State where outbreak occurred |
| Outbreak setting | Select outbreak setting† |
| Outbreak country | Country where outbreak occurred |
| Transmission | Foodborne, person-to-person, waterborne |
| Conventional RT-PCR | Results of RT-PCR‡ |
| Sequence experiment | Sequence of region D§ |
*RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR.
†Child care center, cruise ships, hospital, long-term care facility, party or event, restaurant, school and community, correctional center.
‡Region C or D.
§Region D is the preferred sequence, but region C is also accepted.
1Additional members of the CaliciNet participating laboratories who contributed data are listed at the end of this article.
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