Long-term features of norovirus gastroenteritis in the elderly

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 286-291

  Goller, J L ^a   Dimitriadis, A ^a   Tan, A ^b   Kelly, H ^a   Marshall, John A ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gastroenteritis; Infection control; Norovirus; Norwalk like virus; Prodromal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THIRST; VERTIGO; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXCRETION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOMES; VICTORIA; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 10244236650     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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