Outbreak of SRSV gastroenteritis at an international conference traced to food handled by a post-symptomatic caterer

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 157-162

  Patterson, T ^a   Hutchings, P ^b   Palmer, S ^a  

^a Welsh Audit and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b Cardiff Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOD; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POULTRY; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VOMITING; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SERVICES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NORWALK VIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUS DISEASES; WALES;

EID: 0027297044     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800056776     Document Type: Article

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