Steaming oysters does not prevent Norwalk-like gastroenteritis

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 527-530

  Kirkland, Kathryn B ^a,c   Meriwether, Rebecca A ^b,d   Leiss, Jack K ^e   Mac Kenzie, William R ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Office of Public Health   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d N Carolina Dept Environ H   (United States)

^e Department of Survey Operations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COOKERY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; NORWALK VIRUS; OSTREIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD;

EID: 0029977924     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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