Volume 26, Number 1—January 2020
Dispatch
Infectivity of Norovirus GI and GII from Bottled Mineral Water during a Waterborne Outbreak, Spain
Susana Guix, Cristina Fuentes, Rosa M. Pintó, Albert Blanco, Aurora Sabrià, Eduard Anfruns-Estrada, Virginia Rodríguez Garrido, Manuel Alonso, Rosa Bartolomé, Thais Cornejo, Tomàs Pumarola, and Albert Bosch
Table 1
Characteristics of 26 exposed persons during a waterborne outbreak of norovirus, Spain*
| Person no. | Age, y | Duration of symptoms, days | Daily water intake, mL† | Secretor status | ABO blood type | Virus genogroup | Virus genotype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | 2 | 200–600 | + | NA | I | GI.P2_GI.2 |
| 2 | 25 | 2 | 200–600 | + | NA | II | GII.P17_GII.17 |
| 3 | 58 | 4 | 200–600 | + | NA | II | GII.P17_GII.17 |
| 4 | 45 | 5 | 200–600 | – | O | I | GI.P2_GI.2 |
| 5‡ | 29 | 3 | 200–600 | + | O | NA | NA |
| 6‡ | 31 | 1 | 200–600 | + | O | NA | NA |
| 7 | 34 | 2 | 200–600 | – | O | I | GIP2_GI.2 |
| 8 | 42 | 4 | 200–600 | + | O | I + II | GI.P2_GI.2 |
| 9 | 45 | 5 | 601–1,000 | – | NA | I | NA |
| 10 | 32 | 3 | 601–1,000 | + | A | I + II | GI.P2_GI.2 and GII.P17_GII.17 |
| 11 | 29 | 4 | 601–1,000 | + | B | I + II | GII.P17_GII.17 |
| 12 | 26 | 6 | 601–1,000 | + | O | I + II | GI.P2_GI.2 |
| 13 | 41 | 9 | 601–1000 | + | O | I + II | NA |
| 14 | 25 | 4 | >1,000 | + | NA | I + II | GII.P2_GII.2 |
| 15 | 55 | 2 | >1,000 | + | A | I + II | GI.P2_GI.2 |
| 16‡ | 27 | 0 | 200–600 | – | NA | NA | NA |
| 17‡ | 52 | 0 | 200–600 | – | AB | NA | NA |
| 18‡ | 54 | 0 | 200–600 | + | NA | NA | NA |
| 19‡ | 47 | 0 | 200–600 | + | O | NA | NA |
| 20‡ | 59 | 0 | 200–600 | + | O | NA | NA |
| 21‡ | 30 | 0 | 200–600 | + | O | NA | NA |
| 22‡ | 59 | 0 | 200–600 | – | O | NA | NA |
| 23‡ | NA | 0 | 200–600 | + | O | NA | NA |
| 24‡ | 33 | 0 | 601–1,000 | + | NA | NA | NA |
| 25‡ | 38 | 0 | >1,000 | – | NA | NA | NA |
| 26‡ | 42 | 0 | >1,000 | – | NA | NA | NA |
*NA, not available; –, negative; +, positive.
†Plastic glasses used by persons to drink water had a volume of 200 mL.
‡These persons did not provide a stool sample.
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