Outbreak of Norovirus Associated with La Tropicana Restaurant, Douglas County, June 2015

"On June 3, 2015 at 11:55 a.m., an ill individual contacted the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department (LDCHD), reporting that she and other members of her 12-person dining party became ill after eating at La Tropicana (434 Locust St, Lawrence, KS, 66044) on June 1 at 6:30 p.m. An anonymous individual from the same dining party also reported this information to the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), who notified the Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Response section (KDHE) at 12:04 p.m. to report the possible outbreak. A restaurant inspection was conducted by KDA at 5:00 p.m. the same day, June 3, to implement prevention and control measures. The following morning at 8:00 a.m., after confirming LDCHD had a way to contact a member of the party that made the anonymous complaint, LDCHD and KDHE began an epidemiological investigation to determine the cause and scope of illness. On June 9, KDA was contacted by two individuals who reported illness after dining together at La Tropicana at 12:00 p.m. on June 2."