An outbreak of acute gastroenteritis in a geriatric long-term-care facility: Combined application of epidemiological and molecular diagnostic methods

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 306-311

  Marx, Arthur ^a   Shay, David K ^b   Noel, Jacqueline S ^a   Brage, Carol ^d   Bresee, Joseph S ^a   Lipsky, Sherry ^c   Monroe, Stephan S ^a   Ando, Tamie ^a   Humphrey, Charles D ^a   Alexander, E Russell ^c   Glass, Roser I ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^d Sun Healthcare Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NURSING HOME; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWALK VIRUS; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0033126353     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501622     Document Type: Article

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