Norwalk-like virus-associated gastroenteritis in a large, high-density encampment - Virginia, July 2001

JAMA

Volumn 288, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1711-1713

  Cheek, J E ^a   Young, P ^a   Dupnik, K M ^b   Kelly, S T ^b   Sharp, J M ^b   Toney, D M ^b   Bresee, J S ^c   Monroe, S S ^c   Beard, R S ^c   Bulens, S ^c   Leman, R ^d  

^a California Area L Branch   (India)

^b Virginia Div of Consolidated   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; DRINKING WATER;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PROCESSING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HAND WASHING; HEADACHE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RECREATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SANITATION; SEPTIC TANK; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; ARTICLE; CAMPING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NOROVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAMPING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0037048690     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.288.14.1711     Document Type: Short Survey

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