Rapid Propagation of Norovirus Gastrointestinal Illness Through Multiple Nursing Homes Following a Pilgrimage

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 625-627

  Fretz, R ^a,b   Schmid, H ^c   Kayser, U ^d   Svoboda, P ^a   Tanner, M ^b   Baumgartner, A ^c  

^a Cantonal Laboratory Basel Landschaft   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NOROVIRUS; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOMES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 0242329691     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1006-3     Document Type: Article

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