Transmission of norovirus among NBA players and staff, winter 2010-2011

Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Dec;53(11):1115-7. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir682. Epub 2011 Oct 30.

Abstract

In December 2010, 24 players and staff members from 13 National Basketball Association teams were affected with gastroenteritis symptoms. Four of 5 stool specimens from ill players and staff tested positive for norovirus genogroup II. We document evidence of transmission both within teams and, potentially, between teams in 2 instances.

MeSH terms

  • Athletes
  • Caliciviridae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Caliciviridae Infections / transmission*
  • Feces / virology
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
  • Gastroenteritis / virology*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Norovirus / classification
  • Norovirus / genetics
  • Norovirus / isolation & purification*