Outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis associated with norwalk-like viruses in campus settings

Journal of the American College Health Association

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 57-66

  Moe, Christine L ^a   Christmas, William A ^b   Echols, Linda J ^c   Miller, Sara E ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Human caliciviruses; Norwalk like viruses; Viral gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWALK VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0035461148     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448480109596008     Document Type: Article

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