Hospital Outbreak of Norwalk-Like Virus

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 576-579

  Russo, Philip L ^a   Spelman, Denis W ^b   Harrington, Glenys A ^b   Jenney, Adam W J ^b   Gunesekere, Ishara C ^b   Wright, Peter J ^b   Doultree, Jennifer C ^b   Marshall, John A ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NURSING HOME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NORWALK VIRUS; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 0031204463     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141270     Document Type: Article

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