TY - JOUR T1 - Near Real-Time Surveillance of U.S. Norovirus Outbreaks by the Norovirus Sentinel Testing and Tracking Network - United States, August 2009-July 2015. AU - Shah,Minesh P, AU - Wikswo,Mary E, AU - Barclay,Leslie, AU - Kambhampati,Anita, AU - Shioda,Kayoko, AU - Parashar,Umesh D, AU - Vinjé,Jan, AU - Hall,Aron J, Y1 - 2017/02/24/ PY - 2017/2/24/entrez PY - 2017/2/24/pubmed PY - 2017/3/16/medline SP - 185 EP - 189 JF - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report JO - MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep VL - 66 IS - 7 N2 - Norovirus is the leading cause of endemic and epidemic acute gastroenteritis in the United States (1). New variant strains of norovirus GII.4 emerge every 2-4 years (2-4) and are often associated with increased disease and health care visits (5-7). Since 2009, CDC has obtained epidemiologic data on norovirus outbreaks from state health departments through the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) (8) and laboratory data through CaliciNet (9). NORS is a web-based platform for reporting waterborne, foodborne, and enteric disease outbreaks of all etiologies, including norovirus, to CDC. CaliciNet, a nationwide electronic surveillance system of local and state public health and regulatory agency laboratories, collects genetic sequences of norovirus strains associated with gastroenteritis outbreaks. Because these two independent reporting systems contain complementary data, integration of NORS and CaliciNet records could provide valuable public health information about norovirus outbreaks. However, reporting lags and inconsistent identification codes in NORS and CaliciNet records have been an obstacle to developing an integrated surveillance system. SN - 1545-861X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/28231235/Near_Real_Time_Surveillance_of_U_S__Norovirus_Outbreaks_by_the_Norovirus_Sentinel_Testing_and_Tracking_Network___United_States_August_2009_July_2015_ L2 - https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6607a1 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -