Outbreak of food-borne associated with oysters consumption caused by Norwalk-like virus;Toxiinfección alimentaria por ostras causada por virus Norwalk-like

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 114, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 765-768

  Godoy, Pere ^a,b   Torres, Joan ^a   Guix, Susana ^c   Prat, Alba ^a   Alsedá, Miquel ^a   Domínguez, ángela ^d   Bosch, Albert ^c   Salleras, Lluís ^d  

^a Delegación Territorial del Departamento de Sanidad   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Departamento de Sanidad y Seguridad Social   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disease outbreak; Epidemiology; Food poisoning; Norwalk like virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; OYSTER; SHELLFISH; SPAIN; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWALK VIRUS; OSTREIDAE; SHELLFISH; SPAIN;

EID: 0034720357     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7753(00)71431-X     Document Type: Article

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