Possible relation between a winter epidemic of acute gastroenteritis in france and viral contamination of shellfish

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1661-1664

  Miossec, Laurence ^a   Le Guyader, Françoise ^a   Haugarreau, Larissa ^a   Comps, Marie Annick ^a   Pommepuy, Monique ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ASTROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; EUROPE; FRANCE; HUMAN CALICIVIRUS; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ROTAVIRUS; SHELLFISH; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0032440226     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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