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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 BoschComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (S. Guix, C. Fuentes, R.M. Pintó, A. Blanco, A. Sabrià, E. Anfruns-Estrada, A. Bosch); Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona (V. Rodríguez Garrido, M. Alonso, R. Bartolomé, T. Cornejo, T. Pumarola)

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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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