An outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis on an Israeli Military Base

Infection

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 339-343

  Grotto, I ^a,b,c   Huerta, M ^a,b   Balicer, R D ^a,b   Halperin, T ^a   Cohen, D ^a   Orr, N ^a,c   Gdalevich, M ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b Tel Aviv University ^*  (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; SANITATION; SOLDIER; VEGETABLE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SANITATION;

EID: 12144283400     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-004-4002-3     Document Type: Article

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