Outbreak of viral gastroenteritis due to drinking water contaminated by Norwalk-like viruses

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1771-1776

  Kukkula, Marja ^a   Maunula, Leena ^a   Silvennoinen, Esa ^b   Von Bonsdorff, Carl Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Health Care Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; EPIDEMIC; FINLAND; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; FECES; FINLAND; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWALK VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032735686     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315145     Document Type: Article

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