ReviewClinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases2014
Infection control for norovirus.
Review in Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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79 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Birth Cohort Studies Assessing Norovirus Infection and Immunity in Young Children: A Review.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2019Pooled it
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- Small Epidemic Outbreak of Norovirus in the Pediatric Department of Brescia Civic Hospital (Northern Italy): Genomic Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis.The Pediatric infectious disease journal · 2026Article
- Management of Norovirus Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Scoping Review.Transplantation direct · 2026Article
- Evaluation of ultraviolet irradiation at 254 nm and 222 nm in inactivating human noroviruses on surfaces.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Identifying intra-hospital Norovirus GII transmission using whole-genome sequencing.Genome medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical, Molecular and Evolutionary Characterization of Noroviruses in Hospitalized Children With Acute Gastroenteritis in Vietnam, 2016 to 2021.Journal of medical virology · 2026Article
- Addressing Which Pathogens Are More Suitable to Ensure Water Reuse Safety-A Proof-of-Concept.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- S2k Guideline: Hygienic requirements for patient beds, bed linen, bed accessories and personal protection when handling beds.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2026Article
- "Navigating Healthy Waters": monitoring ship wastewater as a key defense against infectious diseases-a pilot study on a Mediterranean seaport.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Antioxidant and Antiviral Potential of Cold-Brewed and Cold-Concentrated Plant Extracts.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Genogroup-Specific Multiplex Reverse Transcriptase Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Point-of-Care Detection of Norovirus.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Acute Gastroenteritis Among Household Contacts of Children with Severe Norovirus Gastroenteritis, United States, 2011-2016.Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2025Article
- Design and evaluation of a multi-epitope subunit vaccine against human norovirus using an immunoinformatics approach.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2025Article
- Multi-Province Outbreak of Acute Gastroenteritis Linked to Potential Novel Lineage of GII.17 Norovirus in Argentina in 2024.Viruses · 2025Article
- S2k Guideline: Hygienic requirements for patient beds, bed linen, bed accessories and personal protection when handling beds.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2025Article
- Viral infections in celiac disease: what should be considered for better management.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2024Review
- Public surface disinfection every 2 hours can reduce the infection risk of norovirus in airports up to 83.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
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- Acute Gastroenteritis Outbreak Among Colorado River Rafters and Backpackers in the Grand Canyon, 2022.Wilderness & environmental medicine · 2024Article
19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Norovirus infections are notoriously difficult to prevent and control, owing to their low infectious dose, high shedding titre, and environmental stability. The virus can spread through multiple transmission routes, of which person-to-person and foodborne are the most important. Recent advances in molecular diagnostics have helped to establish norovirus as the most common cause of sporadic gastroenteritis and the most common cause of outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis across all ages. In this article, we review the epidemiology and virology of noroviruses, and prevention and control guidelines, with a focus on the principles of disinfection and decontamination. Outbreak management relies on sound infection control principles, including hand hygiene, limiting exposure to infectious individuals, and thorough environmental decontamination. Ideally, all infection control recommendations would rely on empirical evidence, but a number of challenges, including the inability to culture noroviruses in the laboratory and the challenges of outbreak management in complex environments, has made it difficult to garner clear evidence of efficacy in certain areas of infection control. New experimental data on cultivable surrogates for human norovirus and on environmental survivability and relative resistance to commonly used disinfectants are providing new insights for further refinining disinfection practices. Finally, clinical trials are underway to evaluate the efficacy of vaccines, which may shift the current infection control principles to more targeted interventions.
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