A hospital outbreak of gastroenteritis possibly related to the contamination of tap water by a small round structured virus

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-154

  Schvoerer, E ^a   Bonnet, F ^a   Dubois, V ^a   Rogues, A M ^b   Gachie, J P ^b   Lafon, M E ^a   Fleury, H J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; Hospital infections; Outbreak; RT PCR; SRSV; Tap water

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL ROUND STRUCTURED VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032845470     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.1999.0632     Document Type: Article

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