Norovirus gastroenteritis general outbreak associated with raw shellfish consumption in South Italy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Prato, Rosa ^a   Lopalco, Pier Luigi ^b   Chironna, Maria ^b   Barbuti, Giovanna ^b   Germinario, Cinzia ^b   Quarto, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEA FOOD; SHELLFISH; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; FECES; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 10444262914     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-4-37     Document Type: Article

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