Norovirus, Oysters and Reporting Foodborne Illness

Norovirus, Oysters and Reporting Foodborne Illness

The CDC noted that it has recently launched a national electronic norovirus outbreak surveillance network, called CaliciNet, and recommends the collection of stool specimens to confirm a diagnosis, characterize the norovirus strain and upload the sequence results into CaliciNet.

"Additionally, all suspected and confirmed norovirus outbreaks should be reported to CDC by state and local health departments through the National Outbreak Reporting System," the authors advise.