A large hotel outbreak of Norwalk-like virus gastroenteritis among three groups of guests and hotel employees in Virginia

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 127-132

  Love, S S ^a   Jiang, X ^b   Barrett, E ^a   Farkas, T ^b   Kelly, S ^c  

^a VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0036677926     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802007161     Document Type: Article

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