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Volume 26, Number 3—March 2020
Synopsis

Norovirus Outbreak Surveillance, China, 2016–2018

Miao Jin1, Shuyu Wu1, Xiangyu Kong, Huaping Xie, Jianguang Fu, Yaqing He, Weihong Feng, Na Liu, Jingxin Li, Jeanette J. Rainey, Aron J. Hall, Jan Vinjé, and Zhaojun DuanComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China (M. Jin, X. Kong, N. Liu, J. Li, Z. Duan); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (S. Wu, J.J. Rainey); Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China (H. Xie); Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China (J. Fu); Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China (Y. He); Wuxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuxi, China (W. Feng); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A.J. Hall, J. Vinjé)

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Table 2

Number of norovirus outbreaks reported to CaliciNet China for each transmission route and outbreak setting, October 2016–September 2018

Setting Person-to-person Foodborne Waterborne Unknown Total
Childcare center 227 2 0 51 280
Primary school 121 3 0 31 155
Middle school 40 3 5 13 61
University 15 3 1 5 24
Company 7 1 0 1 9
Restaurant 2 0 0 2 4
Hospital 3 0 0 0 3
Hotel 1 0 0 1 2
Party 0 0 0 1 1
Multiple school types* 14 1 0 1 16
Unknown 0 0 0 1 1
Total 430 13 6 107 556

*Fifteen outbreaks occurred in schools that combine primary school and middle school, and 1 outbreak occurred in a school that combines a childcare center, a primary school, and a middle school.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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