A.
Given the following Disease Causing Viruses:
a. Norovirus
most appropriate
specimen/s for detection
(give at least 1)
Whole Stool
Liquid to Semisolid Stool
Stool in Cary Blair Medium
Vomitus
reason/s for collecting the transport and storage
specimen (4 reasons) requirements
1. The virus is shed in General Transport and
the feces Storage Requirements:
2. Presents high fecal - Can be placed in a
viral concentrations Cary Blair Transport
3. The virus resides in medium
the intestine - Clearly labeled with a
4. Fecal sample for unique specimen
norovirus detection identifier
can be detected using - Placed in a leak-proof
common laboratory plastic container and
diagnostic methods sealed in a separate
bag
- Kept on frozen
refrigerant packs in an
insulated, waterproof
polystyrene container
Whole Stool and Stool in
Cary Blair Medium
- Store at 39°F (4°C) if
testing is done 2-3
days after sample
collection
Stool in General
- Store at 39°F (4°C) if
testing is done 2-3
weeks after sample
collection
- Store at frozen
temperatures ideally
at -94°F (-70°C) or at
-4°F (-20°C) if storage
at -94°F (-70°C) is not
available if any of the
samples are to be
tested beyond time
above
1. The virus is excreted - Clearly labeled with a
together in the vomit unique specimen
2. The virus resides in identifier
the stomach; related - Placed in a leak-proof
 to virus-mediated plastic container and
changes in gastric sealed in a separate
motility and delayed bag
gastric emptying - Kept on frozen
3. Supplement the refrigerant packs in an
diagnostic yield from insulated, waterproof
stool specimens polystyrene container
4. Can be used to - Store at frozen
identify the virus in temperatures at -4°F
children (vomiting is (-20°C) or at -94°F
the predominant (-70°C)
symptom among
children)

Serum (Not Recommended) N/A N/A

REFERENCES
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https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/lab/specimen-collection.html

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51532949_Specimen_Collection_and_Confirmation_of
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https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/norovirus/symptoms-causes/syc-20355296#:~:t
ext=Noroviruses%20are%20highly%20contagious%20and,Eating%20contaminated%20food

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857278/

https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/about/symptoms.html

https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-cdna-norovirus.htm-
l~cda-cdna-norovirus.htm-l-5

https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-PHCH/Center-CH/infectious-epi/EpiManual/NorovirusManu
al.pdf