Brote de infección por norovirus del grupo II en un Centro de Entrenamiento Militar, Perú 2013

Mariana Ramos; Giselle Soto; Luis Loayza; Rubén Valle; Giannina Luna; Sofia Gonzales; Jose Quispe; Maria Silva; Juan Wong; Daniel G. Bausch

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2015.321.1579

Authors

Mariana Ramos Centro de Investigacion de Enfermedades Tropicales de la Marina de EE. UU., Lima, Peru.
Giselle Soto Centro de Investigacion de Enfermedades Tropicales de la Marina de EE. UU., Lima, Peru.
Luis Loayza Dirección de Salud de la Marina de Guerra del Peru, Lima, Peru.
Rubén Valle Centro de Investigacion de Enfermedades Tropicales de la Marina de EE. UU., Lima, Peru.
Giannina Luna Centro de Investigacion de Enfermedades Tropicales de la Marina de EE. UU., Lima, Peru.
Sofia Gonzales Centro Medico Naval “CMST”, Lima, Peru.
Jose Quispe Direccion de Salud de la Marina de Guerra del Peru, Lima, Peru.
Maria Silva Centro de Investigacion de Enfermedades Tropicales de la Marina de EE.UU., Lima, Peru.
Juan Wong Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Tropicales de la Marina de EE.UU., Lima, Peru.
Daniel G. Bausch Centro de Investigacion de Enfermedades Tropicales de la Marina de EE. UU., Lima, Peru.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2015.321.1579

Keywords:

Norovirus, Disease outbreaks, Military personnel

Abstract

We report an outbreak of norovirus (NoV) which occurred at a military training center in Peru. Thirteen stool samples that were taken from initial cases turned out positive for NoV GII by RT-PCR. A case-control study was performed to determine factors associated with infection.164 probable cases (45.2% clinical attack rate) were identified. The only factor associated with infection was “having shared room with a case” (ORa = 1.7; 95% CI 1.1 to 2.7).Epidemiological findings suggest that the virus was spread person to person. Future investigations of outbreaks of diarrhea in Peru should consider the NoV as an etiologic agent.