Norovirus outbreak in a pediatric oncology unit

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 693-699

  Simon, Arne ^a   Schildgen, Oliver ^a   Maria Eis Hübinger, Anna ^a   Hasan, Carola ^a   Bode, Udo ^a   Buderus, Stephan ^a   Engelhart, Steffen ^b   Fleischhack, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Norovirus; Outbreak; Pediatric oncology

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFANT; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VOMITING;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NOROVIRUS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 33745686095     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520500421694     Document Type: Article

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