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Volume 23, Number 9—September 2017
Dispatch

Norovirus in Bottled Water Associated with Gastroenteritis Outbreak, Spain, 2016

Albert Blanco1, Susana Guix1, Noemí Fuster, Cristina Fuentes, Rosa Bartolomé, Thais Cornejo, Rosa Maria Pintó, and Albert BoschComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (A. Blanco, S. Guix, N. Fuster, C. Fuentes, R.M. Pintó, A. Bosch); Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona (R. Bartolomé, T. Cornejo)

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Waterborne norovirus outbreak in Catalonia, Spain, April 15–25, 2016 (n = 4,136 cases). A) Geographic distribution of the number of cases and affected companies in the Catalonian Health regions. Inset shows location of region in Spain. Map outlines obtained from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catalonia_location_map.svg. B) Time distribution of reported cases. Cases are displayed according to the dates of the press release from the Public Health Agency of Catalonia (http://premsa.gencat.

Figure. Waterborne norovirus outbreak in Catalonia, Spain, April 15–25, 2016 (n = 4,136 cases). A) Geographic distribution of the number of cases and affected companies in the Catalonian Health regions. Inset shows location of region in Spain. Map outlines obtained from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catalonia_location_map.svg. B) Time distribution of reported cases. Cases are displayed according to the dates of the press release from the Public Health Agency of Catalonia (http://premsa.gencat.cat/pres_fsvp/AppJava/notapremsavw/292423/ca/salut-publica-dona-tancat-brot-gastroenteritis-transmes-consum-daigua-envasada.do). Although the onset of the outbreak was on April 11, the first report of the number of cases was on April 15, and the outbreak was declared over on April 25 with a total of 4,136 reported cases, including both primary and secondary cases.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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