A university outbreak of gastroenteritis due to a small round-structured virus: Application of molecular diagnostics to identify the etiologic agent and patterns of transmission

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 787-793

  Kilgore, Paul E ^a   Belay, Ermias D ^c   Hamlin, Daniel M ^c   Noel, Jacqueline S ^c   Humphrey, Charles D ^c   Gary Jr , Howard E ^c   Ando, Tamie ^c   Monroe, Stephan S ^c   Kludt, Patricia E ^c   Rosenthal, David S ^c   Freeman, Jonathan ^c   Glass, Roger I ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 19144373159     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.4.787     Document Type: Article

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