Norovirus gastroenteritis in Kanagawa Prefecture in December 2004

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 391-392

  Furuya, Yumiko ^a   Katayama, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Takanori ^a   Nikkawa, Takayasu ^a  

^a KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; NOROVIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; JAPAN; NOROVIRUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30544450767     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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