Norovirus transmission on cruise ship

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 154-157

  Isakbaeva, Elmira T ^a   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^a,b   Beard, R Suzanne ^a   Bulens, Sandra N ^a,b   Mullins, James ^a   Monroe, Stephan S ^a   Bresee, Joseph ^a   Sassano, Patricia ^c   Cramer, Elaine H ^a   Glass, Roger I ^a  

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

^b ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Bucks County Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOOD; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SANITATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 19944430061     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1101.040434     Document Type: Article

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