Volume 23, Number 7—July 2017
Dispatch
Recombinant GII.P16-GII.2 Norovirus, Taiwan, 2016
Table 2
Settings of norovirus outbreaks, Taiwan, 2016
Setting |
GII.2* |
Non-GII.2 |
Total |
p value |
School | 54 (42.2) | 74 (57.8) | 128 | <0.0001 |
Kindergarten | 28 (66.7) | 14 (33.3) | 42 | <0.0001 |
Elementary school, grades 1–6 | 18 (31.6) | 39 (68.4) | 57 | 0.0294 |
Junior high, grades 7–9 | 3 (20) | 12 (80) | 15 | 0.064† |
Senior high, grades, 10–12, and college/university |
5 (35.7) |
9 (64.3) |
14 |
0.6033† |
Restaurant† | 13 (11.6) | 99 (88.4) | 112 | <0.0001 |
Hospital | 0 | 7 (100) | 7 | 0.2035† |
Long-term care facility | 1 (3.7) | 26 (96.3) | 27 | 0.0101 |
Prison/military | 0 | 4 (100) | 4 | 0.5759† |
Other‡ |
7 (19.4) |
29 (80.6) |
36 |
0.5066 |
Total | 75 (23.9) | 239 (76.1) | 314 |
*Comprises outbreaks with either only GII.2 or GII.2 with other GI or GII genotypes.
†Includes hotels.
‡Private residences, street food, dormitories, day care centers.
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