Norovirus outbreaks due to contaminated drinking water and probable person-to-person transmission, Kerala, India, 2021
The gastroenteritis outbreaks were caused by Group II norovirus due to the consumption of inadequately boiled contaminated groundwater (outbreak A) and well water (outbreak B). We recommended superchlorination of overhead tanks and wells and boiled water for drinking.
Authors
- Sudarshan KC
- Sharan Murali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9062-2994)
- Amjith Rajeevan
- Nikhilesh Menon
- S O Samuel
- Ramya Nagarajan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7897-1120)
- Reena Raveendran
- C. P. Girish Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5464-1028)
- Bipin Balakrishnan
- Mohankumar Raju (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9316-8977)
- Manikandanesan Sakthivel
- Prabhdeep Kaur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2605-3739)
- Anukumar Balakrishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2958-4391)
- Sherin Joseph Xavier Kallupurackal
- Nandu Krishna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0086-2765)
- Dineesh Perumbil
- Devaki Antherjanam
- Manoj Vasant Murehkar
- Harisree Sudersanan
Institutions
- Government of Kerala (IN)
- T. D. Medical College (IN)
- Kerala University of Health Sciences (IN)
- Department of Health & Family Welfare (IN)
- National Institute of Epidemiology (IN)
- Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- National Health Systems Resource Centre (IN)
- Command Hospital (IN)
- Kannur University (IN)
- ICMR-National Institute of Virology (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Infection and Public Health
- Published
- 2024-10-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2024.102568
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39