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. 1983 Oct;91(2):343–350. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400060368

An outbreak of food-borne gastroenteritis in two hospitals associated with a Norwalk-like virus.

J V Pether, E O Caul
PMCID: PMC2129374  PMID: 6315816

Abstract

Two connected outbreaks of gastroenteritis in separate hospitals associated with a small round structured virus morphologically indistinguishable from the Norwalk virus are described. The virus was most probably introduced on chicken sandwiches prepared by a member of the kitchen staff who was incubating the disease.

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