Outbreak of gastroenteritis in a school;Flambee de gastro-enterites non bacteriennes dans une ecole

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 208-211

  Gaulin, Colette ^a   Lévesque, Benoît ^b   Gauvin, Denis ^b   Krizanova, Valériana ^b  

^a Ctr de S Pub de Quebec   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FECES CULTURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STAFF; STUDENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NORWALK VIRUS; QUEBEC; SCHOOLS;

EID: 0029790935     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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