Application of the susceptible-infected-recovered deterministic model in a GII.P17 emergent norovirus strain outbreak in Romania in 2015 Emilian Damian Popovici,1,2 Dana Gabriela Negru,3 Teodora Olariu,4 Mariana Nagy,5 Sorin Dinu,6 Gabriela Oprisan,6,7 Lavinia Zota,8 Luminita Mirela Baditoiu11Epidemiology Department, “Victor Babeş” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania; 2National Institute of Public Health, Regional Public Health Centre, Timişoara, Romania; 3Private Medical Epidemiology Practice, Arad, Romania; 4Arad County Clinical Hospital, Arad, Romania; 5Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Arad, Romania; 6Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, Cantacuzino National Medical – Military Institute of Research and Development, Bucharest, Romania; 7Faculty of Pharmacy, Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest, Romania; 8National Institute of Public Health, National Centre for Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases, Bucharest, RomaniaCorrespondence: Emilian Damian PopoviciEpidemiology Department, “Victor Babeş” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, No. 2, Piata Eftimie Murgu, Timişoara 300041, RomaniaTel +40 74 420 6030Fax +40 25 649 2101Email epidemio