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Stéphanie Watier-Grillot1, M Boni2, C Tong3
1French Armed Forces Center for Epidemiology and Public Health (CESPA), Marseille, France. s.watier.grillot@gmail.com.
Abstract:
In January 2016, a large-scale outbreak of acute gastroenteritis was reported among French armed forces deployed in the Central African Republic. Challenging investigations, conducted from France, made it possible to identify a norovirus genogroup II in both stool and food samples, confirming a norovirus foodborne disease outbreak. Infected food handler management is discussed.
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