A norovirus outbreak at a long-term-care facility: The role of environmental surface contamination

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 802-810

  Wu, Henry M ^a,d   Fornek, Mary ^b   Schwab, Kellogg J ^a,b   Chapin, Amy R ^c   Gibson, Kristen ^c   Schwab, Edna ^c   Spencer, Charles ^a,b   Henning, Kelly ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NOROVIRUS; NURSING STAFF; RESIDENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOMITES; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOMES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHILADELPHIA; VETERANS;

EID: 27144490099     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502497     Document Type: Article

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