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Foodborne norovirus outbreak: the role of an asymptomatic food handlerIrene Barrabeig
Epidemiological Surveillance Unit of Costa Ponent, Directorate of Public Health, Department of Health, Autonomous Government of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
BMC Infect Dis 10:269. 2010..The aim of this study was to investigate a foodborne norovirus outbreak that occurred in the residential summer camp and in which the implication of a food handler was demonstrated by laboratory tests...
Epidemiology of foodborne norovirus outbreaks in Catalonia, SpainAna Martinez
Department of Health, Autonomous Government of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
BMC Infect Dis 8:47. 2008..The objective of this study was to analyse the size and epidemiological characteristics of foodborne outbreaks of gastroenteritis in Catalonia, a region in the northeast of Spain...
Sequential evolution of genotype GII.4 norovirus variants causing gastroenteritis outbreaks from 2001 to 2006 in Eastern SpainJavier Buesa
Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, and Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain
J Med Virol 80:1288-95. 2008..These new GII.4 variants may have arisen as a consequence of viral evasion from the host immune responses, although apparently there is a lack of long-term immunity after norovirus infections...
Viral proteins VP2, VP6, and NSP2 are strongly precipitated by serum and fecal antibodies from children with rotavirus symptomatic infectionJ Colomina
Department of Microbiology, Hospital Clinico Universitario, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain
J Med Virol 56:58-65. 1998..These data reinforce the antigenic importance of rotaviral proteins other than VP4 and VP7, such as VP2, VP6, and NSP2, as main targets in the immune response to rotavirus...
Rotavirus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes recognize overlapping epitopes in the amino-terminal region of the VP7 glycoproteinJ Buesa
Hospital Clinico Universitario and School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Virology 257:424-37. 1999..These findings reveal the existence of CTL epitopes in the H1 signal sequence of the VP7 glycoprotein that coexist with a CTL epitope (residues 31-40) previously described within the H2 region...
Molecular epidemiology of caliciviruses causing outbreaks and sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis in SpainJ Buesa
Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Hospital Clinico Universitario, University of Valencia, Spain
J Clin Microbiol 40:2854-9. 2002..The nucleotide sequence of part of the capsid gene (ORF2) from three of these strains demonstrated their relationship with Mexico virus...
VP7 and VP4 genotypes among rotavirus strains recovered from children with gastroenteritis over a 3-year period in Valencia, SpainJ Buesa
Department of Microbiology, Hospital Clinico Universitario, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain
Eur J Epidemiol 16:501-6. 2000..3% of the strains analysed in the following winter season. Mixed G types revealing dual infections G1/G4 and G3/G4 were found at low frequency (2%)...
[Enzymatic activities of Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli, and C. lari]J Colomina
Departamento de Microbiologia, Facultad de Medicina y Hospital Clinico Universitario, Universidad de Valencia, Espana
Rev Argent Microbiol 29:68-74. 1997..jejuni and C. coli strains. Our study suggests that the Api ZYM system is easy to perform and a valuable method to be applied in the characterization of the campylobacteria as a complement to other biotyping and serotyping schemes...
[Virus-specific serum and fecal antibodies response in children with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis]J Colomina
Servicio de Microbiologia, Facultad de Medicina, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Universidad de Valencia
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 16:55-60. 1998..The analysis of the immune response to rotavirus infection and the characterization of the viral antigens recognized by specific antibodies are of great concern in evaluating the protection against rotavirus...
Secretion of the rotavirus VP8* protein in Lactococcus lactisM T Gil
Departamento de Microbiologia y Ecologia, Hospital Clinico Universitario y Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
FEMS Microbiol Lett 203:269-74. 2001..Furthermore, it was shown to retain its hemagglutination capability, indicating that the conformation of the secreted peptide may be retaining its biological activity...
Seroprevalence of Aichi virus in a Spanish population from 2007 to 2008Juan Manuel Ribes
Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, and Hospital Clínico Universitario, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Clin Vaccine Immunol 17:545-9. 2010..However, this virus is seldom detected; therefore, further studies are needed to gain a better understanding of its importance as a pathogenic agent...
Acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in Catalonia, Spain: norovirus versus SalmonellaNuria Torner
CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health, Barcelona, Spain
Scand J Gastroenterol 43:567-73. 2008..To describe the epidemiology of norovirus (NV) and Salmonella gastroenteritis outbreaks in Catalonia between 15 October 2004 and 30 October 2005...
Increase in viral gastroenteritis outbreaks in Europe and epidemic spread of new norovirus variantBen Lopman
Health Protection Agency, London, UK
Lancet 363:682-8. 2004..In addition to showing the added value of an international network for viral gastroenteritis outbreaks, these observations raise questions about the biological properties of the variant and the mechanisms for its rapid dissemination...
Aetiology and epidemiology of viral gastroenteritis outbreaks in Catalonia (Spain) in 2004-2005Angela Dominguez
Department of Public Health, University of Barcelona, and L Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
J Clin Virol 43:126-31. 2008..Acute infectious gastroenteritis causes substantial morbidity and economic loss...
Nasal immunization of mice with a rotavirus DNA vaccine that induces protective intestinal IgA antibodiesAna Garcia-Diaz
Departament de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina, Hospital Clinic Universitari, Universitat de Valencia, Avda Blasco Ibanez 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Vaccine 23:489-98. 2004..Intramuscular DNA immunization, which elicited serum anti-VP6 IgG responses but not virus-specific intestinal IgA antibodies, did not provide significant protection against rotavirus challenge...
[Characterization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains isolated from sporadic cases of hemolytic-uremic syndrome in children]José Carlos Latorre-Martínez
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 25:603-4. 2007
Role of nitric oxide during rotavirus infectionJesus Rodriguez-Diaz
Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain
J Med Virol 78:979-85. 2006..001). These observations identify NO as an important mediator of host responses during rotavirus infection...
Humoral immune response to rotavirus NSP4 enterotoxin in Spanish childrenJesus Rodriguez-Diaz
Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Hospital Clinico Universitario, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
J Med Virol 77:317-22. 2005..No serum IgA antibodies towards NSP4 were found in this study. IgG antibody recognition of the NSP4 protein from the SA11 and Wa rotavirus strains was not always heterotypic...
