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Volume 9, Number 1—January 2003
Research

Viral Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Europe, 1995–2000

Ben Lopman*†Comments to Author , Mark Reacher*, Yvonne van Duijnhoven‡, François-Xavier Hanon§, David Brown†, and Marion Koopmans‡1
Author affiliations: *Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, England; †Central Public Health Laboratory, London, England; ‡National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands; §Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Table 3

Reported outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis, European surveillance, 1995–2000

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
 Total
All viral organisms Rotavirusa Norovirusa 1995–2000
Denmark
9
 11
 17
 0
 17 (100)
 37
England and Wales
 392
 352
 151
 219
 239
 290
 13 (4)
 273 (96)
 1,643
Finland
5
 27
 35
 58
 1 (2)
 56 (97)
 125
France
 4
 9
 7
 8
 19
 28
 1 (14)b
 5 (71)b
 43
Germany
1
 53
 145
 227
 0
 227(100)
 426
Italy
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 0
 2 (100)
 2
Slovenia
 8
 6
 8
 4
 5
 14
 8 (57)
 6 (43)
 45
Spain
 37
 24
 25
 29
 66
 55
 6 (43)c
 8 (57)c
 236
Sweden
 81
 130
 130
 130d
 190d
 195d
190 (97)
 856
the Netherlands 25 69 54 36 58 59 5 (13)e 32 (84)e 301

aNumber of outbreaks attributed to organism (percentage of year 2000 outbreaks).
bBased on seven laboratory-confirmed viral outbreaks.
cBased on 14 laboratory-confirmed viral outbreaks.
dApproximate figures.
eBased on 38 laboratory-confirmed viral outbreaks.

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1On behalf of the Foodborne Viruses in Europe group, which includes: the Netherlands: M. Koopmans, H. Vennena, Y. van Duynhoven, and M.A. Widdowson,; Finland: K.-H. von Bonsdorff, L. Maunula; Denmark: B. Böttiger, K. Mølbak, F.X. Hanon; Sweden: L. Svensson, K.-O. Hedlund, Maria Thorvag, Juan Carrique-Mas; United Kingdom: D. Brown, M. Reacher, J. Green, B. Lopman; Germany: E. Schreier, H. Gelderblom, Andrea Ammon; Spain: A. Sanchez-Faquier, G. Hernández-Pezzi, A. Bosch, J. Buesa; France: F. LeGuyader, P. Pothier, E. Kohli; Italy: F. Ruggeri, D. DeMedici; and Slovenia: M. Poljsak-Prijatelj, A. Hocevar-Grom.

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