A Comparative Study on the Occurrence of Foodbone Diseases by Noroviruses in Korea and USA: 2009-2013

A Comparative Study on the Occurrence of Foodbone Diseases by Noroviruses in Korea and USA: 2009-2013

Recently, noroviruses are the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide and has a serious impact on people's health. Consequently, preventive measures for foodborne disease caused by norovirus play an important role. This paper epidemiologically analyzed and compared five norovirus outbreak aspects of Korea and USA from 2009 to 2013. Five aspects are the major pathogen of foodborne disease, the peak season of outbreaks, the facility of outbreaks, the food commodity causing a disease, the genotype of norovirus. Then the food hygiene regulations and risk management policies of foodborne disease were compared. This paper expects to develop appropriate measures for damages depending on post-counteraction to fundamental domestic response system.