Norovirus outbreaks due to contaminated drinking water and probable person-to-person transmission, Kerala, India, 2021

• Main Authors: Amjith Rajeevan (Author), Manikandanesan Sakthivel (Author), Nikhilesh Menon (Author), Sachin KC (Author), Harisree Sudersanan (Author), Ramya Nagarajan (Author), Mohankumar Raju (Author), Sharan Murali (Author), Chethrapilly Purushothaman Girish Kumar (Author), Anukumar Balakrishnan (Author), Renuka Raveendran (Author), Dineesh Perumbil (Author), Devaki Antherjanam (Author), Sherin Joseph Xavier Kallupurackal (Author), Bipin Balakrishnan (Author), Nandu Krishna (Author), Sibin Samuel (Author), Prabhdeep Kaur (Author), Manoj Vasant Murehkar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: In July 2021, the Alappuzha district in Kerala, India, reported an unexpected number of acute gastroenteritis (772) cases (Outbreak A). On October 10, 2021, a university in Wayanad, Kerala, reported 25 acute gastroenteritis cases (Outbreak B). We described both the outbreaks and determin...