Volume 19, Number 8—August 2013
Dispatch
Genotype GI.6 Norovirus, United States, 2010–2012
Table 2
Characteristics of case patients in outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis caused by GI.6 norovirus, United States, 2010–2012*
Characteristic | No. affected/total (%) |
---|---|
Sex | |
M | 465/890 (52.2) |
F | 425/890 (47.8) |
Age, y | |
<5 | 8/802 (1.0) |
5–9 | 30/802 (3.7) |
10–19 | 345/802 (43.0) |
20–49 | 166/802 (20.7) |
50–74 | 75/802 (9.4) |
>75 | 178/802 (22.2) |
Outcome | |
Outpatient visit | 50/946 (5.3) |
Emergency department visit | 14/966 (1.4) |
Hospitalization | 24/1,753 (1.4) |
Death | 3/1,762 (0.2) |
*Includes 66 GI.6 outbreaks (2,220 ill persons) for which at least partial supplementary data were available through the National Outbreak Reporting System or directly from state health departments.