Norwalk-like virus as a cause of a gastroenteritis outbreak in a childcare centre

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 342-343

  Ferson, Mark J ^a   Ressler, Kelly Anne ^a   McLver, Christopher J ^b   Isaacs, Monica ^b   Rawlinson, William D ^b  

^a South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MASS SCREENING; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; NORWALK VIRUS;

EID: 0033796548     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2000.tb01585.x     Document Type: Letter

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5. Value of a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay for Norwalk-like viruses in the investigation of institutional gastroenteritis outbreaks