An outbreak of rotavirus infection among adults in an institution for rehabilitation: Long-term residence in a closed community as a risk factor for rotavirus illness

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 490-496

  Iijima, Yoshio ^a   Iwamoto, Tomotada ^a   Nukuzuma, Souichi ^a   Ohishi, Hideaki ^a   Hayashi, Kozaburo ^a   Kobayashi, Nobumichi ^b  

^a KOBE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33746655291     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500532134     Document Type: Article

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