ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2014
Norovirus transmission between hands, gloves, utensils, and fresh produce during simulated food handling.
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- Foodborne and Food-Handler Norovirus Outbreaks: A Systematic Review.Foodborne pathogens and disease · 2018Pooled it
- Evaluation of the Efficacy of Disinfectants in Reducing Contamination of Bacterial and Viral Murine Pathogens on Gloved Hands.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2024Article
- A Pilot Study of Aerosolization of Infectious Murine Norovirus in an Experimental Setup.Food and environmental virology · 2024Article
- Norovirus GII.17 Caused Five Outbreaks Linked to Frozen Domestic Bilberries in Finland, 2019.Food and environmental virology · 2024Article
- Development of an Extraction Method to Detect Hepatitis A Virus, Hepatitis E Virus, and Noroviruses in Fish Products.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Ethanol is indispensable for virucidal hand antisepsis and without toxic risks in daily use.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2023Article
- Norovirus attribution study: Detection of norovirus from the commercial food preparation environment in outbreak and non-outbreak premises.Journal of applied microbiology · 2022Article
- Ethanol is indispensable for virucidal hand antisepsis: memorandum from the alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) Task Force, WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, and the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2022Review
- Recent Developments in Isothermal Amplification Methods for the Detection of Foodborne Viruses.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Norovirus transmission mitigation strategies during simulated produce harvest and packing.International journal of food microbiology · 2021Article
- Efficacy of alcohol-based hand sanitizers against human norovirus using RNase-RT-qPCR with validation by human intestinal enteroid replication.Letters in applied microbiology · 2020Article
- Norovirus infections and knowledge, attitudes and practices in food safety among food handlers in an informal urban settlement, Kenya 2017.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Norovirus shedding among symptomatic and asymptomatic employees in outbreak settings in Shanghai, China.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
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- The Significance of MesophilicMicroorganisms · 2019Review
- Postharvest Supply Chain with Microbial Travelers: a Farm-to-Retail Microbial Simulation and Visualization Framework.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2018Article
- Rapid Detection of Human Norovirus in Frozen Raspberries.Food and environmental virology · 2018Article
- Quantitative Risk Assessment of Norovirus Transmission in Food Establishments: Evaluating the Impact of Intervention Strategies and Food Employee Behavior on the Risk Associated with Norovirus in Foods.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2017Article
- The Presence of Norovirus and Adenovirus on Environmental Surfaces in Relation to the Hygienic Level in Food Service Operations Associated with a Suspected Gastroenteritis Outbreak.Food and environmental virology · 2017Article
- Contamination of Fresh Produce by Microbial Indicators on Farms and in Packing Facilities: Elucidation of Environmental Routes.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Human noroviruses (HuNoVs), a leading cause of food-borne gastroenteritis worldwide, are easily transferred via ready-to-eat (RTE) foods, often prepared by infected food handlers. In this study, the transmission of HuNoV and murine norovirus (MuNoV) from virus-contaminated hands to latex gloves during gloving, as well as from virus-contaminated donor surfaces to recipient surfaces after simulated preparation of cucumber sandwiches, was inspected. Virus transfer was investigated by swabbing with polyester swabs, followed by nucleic acid extraction from the swabs with a commercial kit and quantitative reverse transcription-PCR. During gloving, transfer of MuNoV dried on the hand was observed 10/12 times. HuNoV, dried on latex gloves, was disseminated to clean pairs of gloves 10/12 times, whereas HuNoV without drying was disseminated 11/12 times. In the sandwich-preparing simulation, both viruses were transferred repeatedly to the first recipient surface (left hand, cucumber, and knife) during the preparation. Both MuNoV and HuNoV were transferred more efficiently from latex gloves to cucumbers (1.2% ± 0.6% and 1.5% ± 1.9%) than vice versa (0.7% ± 0.5% and 0.5% ± 0.4%). We estimated that transfer of at least one infective HuNoV from contaminated hands to the sandwich prepared was likely to occur if the hands of the food handler contained 3 log10 or more HuNoVs before gloving. Virus-contaminated gloves were estimated to transfer HuNoV to the food servings more efficiently than a single contaminated cucumber during handling. Our results indicate that virus-free food ingredients and good hand hygiene are needed to prevent HuNoV contamination of RTE foods.
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