Outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis involving multiple institutions

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 146-147

  Yamagami, Takaya ^a   Hara, Shunkichi ^a  

^a Yamanashi Institute for Public Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOMES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 34347343770     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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