Acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in Catalonia, Spain: Norovirus versus Salmonella

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 567-573

  Torner, Núria ^a,b   Domínguez, Angela ^a,c   Ruíz, Laura ^b   Martinez, Anna ^b   Bartolomé, Rosa ^d   Buesa, Javier ^e   Ferrer, M Dolors ^f   Carmona, Glòria ^g   Cardeñosa, Neus ^g   Sala, Maria Rosa ^h   Álvarez, Josep ^h   Barrabeig, Irene ^h   Rovira, Ariadna ^h   Parrón, Ignasi ^h   Planas, Caritat ^h   Arias, Cesar ^h   Camps, Neus ⁱ   Fullia, Nuria ⁱ   Company, Maria Asuncion ⁱ   Godoy, Pere ^j   Alseda, Miquel ^j   Torres, Joan ^j   Artigues, Antoni ^j   Minguell, Sofia ^k   Balaña, Pilar Jorgina ^k   Pumarés, Analía ^l   De Simón, Mercedes ^f   Pintó, Rosa Maria ^c   Bosch, Alberto ^c   Codina, Gemma ^d   Rodríguez, Jesús ^e   Montava, Rebeca ^e   more..

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g Department of Health ^*  (Spain)

^h Department of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia   (Spain)

ⁱ Department of Health   (Spain)

^j Department of Health   (Spain)

^k Department of Health   (Spain)

^l Territorial Service of Terres de l'Ebre   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Attack rate; Incidence rate; Norovirus; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NOROVIRUS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SPAIN;

EID: 42149099323     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520701798841     Document Type: Article

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