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SUBMITTER: Le Guyader FS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2593258 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Le Guyader Françoise S FS Le Saux Jean-Claude JC Ambert-Balay Katia K Krol Joanna J Serais Ophelie O Parnaudeau Sylvain S Giraudon Hélène H Delmas Gilles G Pommepuy Monique M Pothier Pierre P Atmar Robert L RL
Journal of clinical microbiology 20081008 12
Following a flooding event close to a shellfish production lagoon, 205 cases of gastroenteritis were linked to oyster consumption. Twelve stool samples from different individuals were collected. Analysis showed that eight samples were positive for multiple enteric viruses, and one stool sample had seven different enteric viruses. Analysis of shellfish implicated in the outbreak allowed detection of the same diversity of enteric viruses, with some viral genomic sequences being identical to those ...[more]