Volume 9, Number 9—September 2003
Research
Early Identification of Common-Source Foodborne Virus Outbreaks in Europe
, Harry Vennema*, Herre Heersma*, Elisabeth van Strien*, Yvonne van Duynhoven*, David Brown†, Marc Reacher†, Ben Lopman†, and for the European Consortium on Foodborne Viruses
Table 1
Requested data fields for entries of viral sequences in the historic databasea
| Field name | Field type | Mandatory field |
|---|---|---|
| Country |
A |
Yes |
| Institute |
A |
Yes |
| Reference no. |
A |
Yes |
| Type of virus (NV, SV, HAV, HEV, rotavirus group C?) |
N |
Yes |
| Sequence identifier (e.g., GenBank accession no.) |
A |
No |
| Method no. |
N |
No |
| Genotype/subtype |
N |
No |
| Sequence pol region /VP1/2a |
A |
Yes or no? |
| Sequence capsid region |
A |
|
| Source of isolate (human, calf, swine, environmental, other) |
N |
Yes |
| Specimen |
N |
No |
| Epidemiology |
N |
No |
| Vehicle (food, water, person-to-person, zoonotic, not known) |
N |
No |
| National region |
A |
No |
| Date of receipt in reference laboratory |
D |
Yes |
| Age |
N |
No |
| Sex |
N |
No |
| Travel associated |
N |
No |
| Travel destination | A | No |
aNV, Norovirus; SV, Sapovirus; ASV, astrovirus; HAV, hepatitis A virus; HEV, hepatitis E virus; A, letters and numbers; B, numbers; D, data.
1The Netherlands: M. Koopmans, H. Vennena, Y. van Duynhoven, D. E. van Strien, W. van de Poel, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment; Bilthoven; Finland: C-H von Bonsdorff, L. Maunula, Helsinki University: Denmark: B. Böttiger, K. Mølbak, F.X. Hanon, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen; Sweden; L. Svensson, K-O Hedlund, Maria Thorvag, Juan Carrique-Mas, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna; UK: D. Brown, M. Reacher, J.Green, B. Lopman, Public Health Laboratory Service, London; Germany: E. Schreier, H. Gelderblom, Andrea Ammon, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin; Spain: A. Sanchez-Faquier, G. Hernández-Pezzi, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid; A. Bosch, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona; J. Buesa, Universitat de Valencia; France: F. LeGuyader, IFREMER, Nantes; P. Pothier, E. Kohli, Laboratoire de Virologie, Dijon; Italy: F. Ruggeri, D. DeMedici, Instituo di Superiore di Sanitá, Rome. In addition, outside the formal project group, M. Poljsak (Slovenia), and G. Szücs (Hungary) actively participate in the project.