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Transmission of Norovirus Among NBA Players and Staff, Winter 2010-2011

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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 53, Issue 11, Pages 1115-1117

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir682

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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.

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