Asymptomatic norovirus infection associated with swimming at a tropical beach: A prospective cohort study.
Timothy J WadeSwinburne A J AugustineShannon M GriffinElizabeth A SamsKevin H OshimaAndrey I EgorovKaneatra J SimmonsTarsha N EasonAlfred P DufourPublished in: PloS one (2018)
This is the first study to demonstrate an association between swimming at a beach impacted by fecal contamination and asymptomatic norovirus infection. The findings implicate recreational water as potentially important transmission pathway for norovirus infection.
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