Hospital outbreak of gastroenteritis due to norovirus in Belgium

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-33

  Verbelen, V ^a   Bodeus M ^a   Garrino, M G ^b   Scipioni, A ^c   Kabambal, B ^c   Daube, G ^c   Thiry, E ^c   Goubau, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CHR   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Norovirus; Norwalk

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CALICIVIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 1542314407     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2004.005     Document Type: Article

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