Clinical spectrum and transmission characteristics of infection with Norwalk-like virus: Findings from a large community outbreak in Sweden

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 622-628

  Goötz, Hannelore ^a,d   Ekdahl, Karl ^a   Lindbäck, Johan ^a   De Jong, Birgitta ^a   Hedlund, Kjell Olof ^d   Giesecke, Johan ^a  

^a Departments of Epidemiology   (United States)

^b European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training   (France)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD POISONING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEDEN; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWALK VIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035451102     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322608     Document Type: Article

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