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| Ingeborg BoxmanSummaryAffiliation: Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Environmental swabs as a tool in norovirus outbreak investigation, including outbreaks on cruise shipsIngeborg L A Boxman
Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, P O Box 202, 7200 AE, Zutphen, The Netherlands
J Food Prot 72:111-9. 2009..The use of environmental swabs may be a useful tool in addition to testing of food and clinical specimens, particularlywhen viral RNA is detected on surfaces used for food preparation...
An efficient and rapid method for recovery of norovirus from food associated with outbreaks of gastroenteritisIngeborg L A Boxman
Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, Regionale dienst Oost, P O Box 202, 7200 AE, Zutphen, The Netherlands
J Food Prot 70:504-8. 2007....
Detection of noroviruses in shellfish in the NetherlandsIngeborg L A Boxman
Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, Regionale dienst Oost, P O Box 202, 7200 AE, Zutphen, The Netherlands
Int J Food Microbiol 108:391-6. 2006..Further surveillance of norovirus by detection and typing of viruses from patients with gastroenteritis and shellfish is warranted to clarify the causes of future outbreaks...
Norovirus on swabs taken from hands illustrate route of transmission: a case studyIngeborg Boxman
Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, P O Box 202, 7200 AE, Zutphen, The Netherlands
J Food Prot 72:1753-5. 2009..This finding provides direct evidence for the feasibility of transmission of norovirus by a food handler to food. Education of food handlers on the infectivity of norovirus and updating of hygienic codes are strongly recommended...
Year-round prevalence of norovirus in the environment of catering companies without a recently reported outbreak of gastroenteritisIngeborg L A Boxman
Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, P O 202, 7200 AE Zutphen, Netherlands
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:2968-74. 2011..Swabs may therefore serve as a valuable tool in outbreak investigations for the identification of the causative agent, although results should be interpreted with care, taking into account all other epidemiological data...
