A waterborne outbreak of Norwalk-like virus among snowmobilers - Wyoming, 2001

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 303-306

  Anderson, Alicia D ^a,b,e   Heryford, Annette G ^f   Sarisky, John P ^b   Higgins, Charles ^b   Monroe, Stephan S ^a   Beard, R Suzanne ^a   Newport, Christina M ^c   Cashdollar, Jennifer L ^c   Fout, G Shay ^c   Robbins, David E ^d   Seys, Scott A ^f   Musgrave, Karl J ^f   Medus, Carlota ^f   Vinjé, Jan ^f   Bresee, Joseph S ^a   Mainzer, Hugh M ^b   Glass, Roger I ^a,b  

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

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

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CAR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRINKING; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; WYOMING;

EID: 0037439523     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/346239     Document Type: Article

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