HONG KONG: 36 ill in gastroenteritis outbreak - (Hong Kong Health and Community)
December 27, 2007 – 6:28 pmThe Centre for Health Protection was cited as confirming a gastroenteritis outbreak caused by norovirus infection, involving 34 Kowloon City elderly home residents and two staff members.
The 15 men and 21 women aged 46 to 97 came down with diarrhoea and vomiting between December 19 and 27. Of them, 34 consulted general practitioners and general out-patient clinics while one attended Kwong Wah Hospital accident and emergency department. None of them was admitted. All the affected are in stable condition.
Preliminary tests showed one stool sample positive for norovirus, a common cause of viral gastroenteritis.
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