An outbreak of Norovirus infection affecting an Austrian nursing home and a hospital

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 117, Issue 23-24, 2005, Pages 802-808

  Schmid, Daniela ^a   Lederer, Ingeborg ^a   Pichler, Anna Margaretha ^a   Berghold, Christian ^a   Schreier, Eckart ^b   Allerberger, Franz ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control measures; Hospital; Norovirus; Nursing home; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

AUSTRIA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOMES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 32144452244     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-005-0473-1     Document Type: Article

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