Foodborne diseases have been deserving special attention by researchers of the whole world. Viral etiology outbreaks of foodborne diseases have been improperly treated as less important than bacterial ones. Rotavirus is the most reported cause of gastroenteritis and accounts for thousands of deaths annually. The present work reports a Rotavirus-induced disease outbreak in a commercial establishment, where 51 employees related symptoms like diarrhea, vomits, nausea. Water, food and beverages were analyzed microbiologically. No pathogenical bacterial contamination were detected, neither any modification on sensorial characteristics. According to the "attributable risk" of each food involved, bread and butter was considered suspicious food, and epidemiological approach pointed to the fact that the employee responsible for preparing this food was rotaviruses sicked just before the outbreak spreading.
rotavirus; foodborne diseases; outbreak
