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. 2000 Mar-Apr;6(2):204-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid0602.009918.

Norwalk-like viral gastroenteritis outbreak in U.S. Army trainees

M K Arness  1 , B H Feighner, M L Canham, D N Taylor, S S Monroe, T J Cieslak, E L Hoedebecke, C S Polyak, J C Cuthie, R L Fankhauser, C D Humphrey, T L Barker, C D Jenkins, D R Skillman
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Norwalk-like viral gastroenteritis outbreak in U.S. Army trainees

M K Arness et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2000 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

An outbreak of acute gastroenteritis hospitalized 99 (12%) of 835 U. S. Army trainees at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, from August 27 to September 1, 1998. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction tests for Norwalk-like virus were positive for genogroup 2. Gastroenteritis was associated with one post dining facility and with soft drinks.

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