Table 3.

Description of NoV inoculums.

	GII_A	GII_B
Patient age and gender	29 years Female	2 years Female
Assumed exposure	1 April 2011	Not known
Symptoms started	2 April 2011	23–24 February 2012
Stool sample taken	3 April 2011	25 February 2012
Symptoms relieved	4 April 2011	26 February 2012
Storage prior to preparation of inoculum	Immediately at −20 °C (five years and 26 days)	One week outdoors at an average temperature of −4.6 °C (range −20–5.2 °C) [34], including three putative freeze thaw cycles, and then 4 March 2012 at −20 °C (four years, one month and 25 days)