A norovirus gastroenteritis epidemic in a long-term-care facility

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 256-258

  Cooper, Elizabeth ^a   Blamey, Stephen ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AUSTRALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 15944380126     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502535     Document Type: Article

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