Waterborne outbreak of viral gastroenteritis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 415-418

  Kukkula, Marja ^a   Arstila, Pertti ^b   Klossner, Marja Liisa ^c   Maunula, Leena ^d   Bonsdorff, Carl Henrik V ^d   Jaatinen, Pekka ^e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c SATAKUNTA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e Health Care Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RIVER WATER;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FINLAND; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0030707469     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709011840     Document Type: Article

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