Volume 9, Number 9—September 2003
Research
Early Identification of Common-Source Foodborne Virus Outbreaks in Europe
Table 1
Requested data fields for entries of viral sequences in the historic databasea
Field name | Field type | Mandatory field |
---|---|---|
Country |
A |
Yes |
Institute |
A |
Yes |
Reference no. |
A |
Yes |
Type of virus (NV, SV, HAV, HEV, rotavirus group C?) |
N |
Yes |
Sequence identifier (e.g., GenBank accession no.) |
A |
No |
Method no. |
N |
No |
Genotype/subtype |
N |
No |
Sequence pol region /VP1/2a |
A |
Yes or no? |
Sequence capsid region |
A |
|
Source of isolate (human, calf, swine, environmental, other) |
N |
Yes |
Specimen |
N |
No |
Epidemiology |
N |
No |
Vehicle (food, water, person-to-person, zoonotic, not known) |
N |
No |
National region |
A |
No |
Date of receipt in reference laboratory |
D |
Yes |
Age |
N |
No |
Sex |
N |
No |
Travel associated |
N |
No |
Travel destination | A | No |
aNV, Norovirus; SV, Sapovirus; ASV, astrovirus; HAV, hepatitis A virus; HEV, hepatitis E virus; A, letters and numbers; B, numbers; D, data.
1The Netherlands: M. Koopmans, H. Vennena, Y. van Duynhoven, D. E. van Strien, W. van de Poel, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment; Bilthoven; Finland: C-H von Bonsdorff, L. Maunula, Helsinki University: Denmark: B. Böttiger, K. Mølbak, F.X. Hanon, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen; Sweden; L. Svensson, K-O Hedlund, Maria Thorvag, Juan Carrique-Mas, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna; UK: D. Brown, M. Reacher, J.Green, B. Lopman, Public Health Laboratory Service, London; Germany: E. Schreier, H. Gelderblom, Andrea Ammon, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin; Spain: A. Sanchez-Faquier, G. Hernández-Pezzi, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid; A. Bosch, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona; J. Buesa, Universitat de Valencia; France: F. LeGuyader, IFREMER, Nantes; P. Pothier, E. Kohli, Laboratoire de Virologie, Dijon; Italy: F. Ruggeri, D. DeMedici, Instituo di Superiore di Sanitá, Rome. In addition, outside the formal project group, M. Poljsak (Slovenia), and G. Szücs (Hungary) actively participate in the project.