Failure to detect norovirus in a large group of asymptomatic individuals

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-233

  Marshall, John A ^a   Hellard, M E ^b   Sinclair, M I ^b   Fairley, C K ^c   Cox, B J ^a   Catton, M G ^a   Kelly, H ^a   Wright, P J ^b  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease reservoirs; Gastroenteritis; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; MALE; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 1342287743     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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