Table 1.

Features of the gastroenteritis outbreaks linked to AiV.

Country	Outbreak	Year	Source	Positive rate (%)a	Genotype	References
Japan	1	1987	Oysters	55.0	A	Yamashita et al. (2000)
	2	1988	Oysters	71.4	A
	3		Oysters	81.8	A
	4	1989	Oysters	80.9	A
	5		School meal	64.3	A
	6	1990	Oysters	50.0	B
	7		Oysters	54.5	A
	8	1991	Oysters	50.0	A
	9	1994	Oysters	14.3	A
	10	1997	Oysters	62.5	A
	11	1998	Oysters	50.0	A
	12		Oysters	33.0	A
Germany	1	2006	NSb	NS	A	Oh et al. (2006)
France	1	2006	Oysters	50.0	A	Ambert-Balay et al. (2008)
	2	2006	Oysters	50.0	A
	3		Oysters	17.0	A
	4	2007	Oysters	100.0	A
	5		Oysters	33.0	A
	6	2007	Seafoodc	6.0	A

^aNumbers of fecal specimens positive/Numbers tested.

^bNS, not specified.

^cShellfish species not specified.