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Table 1 Facilities with norovirus infection outbreaks and the number of residents with norovirus gastroenteritis and isolation at each facility (2009–2011)

From: Clinical pictures, treatments, and resource use of norovirus gastroenteritis in long-term care facilities: a survey with a chart review in Japan

Year

2009

2010

2011

Total number in 2009–2011

Permission to review charts

Number of infected residents isolated

(%a)

Facility A

4

0

0

4

yes

2 (50.0)

Facility B

41

0

0

41

yes

22 (53.7)

Facility C

0

2

0

2

yes

2 (100.0)

Facility D

0

2

22

24

yes

24 (100.0)

Facility E

0

0

36

36

yes

22 (61.1)

Facility F

20

19

0

39

no

.

Total number of residents with norovirus gastroenteritis

   

146

yes: 107

72 (67.3)

  1. a % value is a ratio of the number of infected residents isolated to the number of infected residents