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  • Title: An outbreak of gastroenteritis during school trip caused by serotype G2 group A rotavirus.
    Author: Mikami T, Nakagomi T, Tsutsui R, Ishikawa K, Onodera Y, Arisawa K, Nakagomi O.
    Journal: J Med Virol; 2004 Jul; 73(3):460-4. PubMed ID: 15170643.
    Abstract:
    Between May14 and 18, 2001, there was an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis involving 45 school children out of a total of 107 (aged 11-12 years) attending a 3-day school trip. The epidemic curve characterized by a rapid onset and decline with a single peak incidence over a 5-day period resembled the pattern typical of a food-borne gastroenteritis outbreak. Epidemiological and virological investigations concluded, however, that this outbreak was caused by a single strain of serotype G2 group A rotavirus spreading to schoolmates from the primary case-pupil who had already been ill at the start of the trip. Efficient person-to-person transmission was likely to have occurred due to prolonged and close contacts under the conditions typical of such school trips. This study emphasizes the importance of including group A rotavirus infection as a possible cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks even in older children and adults.
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