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. 1982 Jan;72(1):72–74. doi: 10.2105/ajph.72.1.72

Waterborne Gastroenteritis due to the Norwalk Agent: Clinical and Epidemiologic Investigation

Rickey Wilson, Larry J Anderson, Robert C Holman, G William Gary, Harry B Greenberg
PMCID: PMC1649736  PMID: 6274208

Abstract

An outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred at a Pennsylvania summer camp in July 1978. Symptoms included abdominal pain (81 per cent), nausea (72 per cent), and vomiting (53 per cent); upper respiratory infection symptoms occurred in 35 per cent of the campers. Illness was associated with consumption of five or more glasses of water or water-containing beverages. Stool cultures from affected persons were negative for bacterial pathogens; however, a fourfold or greater rise to the Norwalk agent was demonstrated in serum samples of three of three ill persons tested and in none of eight controls (p < .02). Campers ill during the first session who were also present during the second session did not become ill during the second session (p < .001). (Am J Public Health 1982; 72:72-74.)

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