Epidemiology of foodborne Norovirus outbreaks in Catalonia, Spain

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Martinez, Ana ^a   Dominguez, Angela ^a,b,c   Torner, Nuria ^a,c   Ruiz, Laura ^a   Camps, Neus ^a   Barrabeig, Irene ^a   Arias, Cesar ^a   Alvarez, Josep ^a   Godoy, Pere ^a,c   Balãna, Pilar Jorgina ^a   Pumares, Analia ^a   Bartolome, Rosa ^d   Ferrer, Dolors ^e   Perez, Unai ^b   Pinto, Rosa ^b   Buesa, Javier ^f   Carmona, Glòria ^g   Cardeñosa, Neus ^g   Sala, Maria Rosa ^h   Rovira, Ariadna ^h   Parrón, Ignasi ^h   Planas, Caritat ^h   Follia, Nuria ⁱ   Alseda, Miquel ^j   Torres, Joan ^j   Artigues, Antoni ^j   Minguell, Sofia ^k   de Simón, Mercedes ^e   Bosch, Albert ^b   Codina, Gemma ^d   Rodríguez, Jesús ^f   Montava, Rebeca ^f   more..

^a GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^g Department of Health ^*  (Spain)

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

ⁱ Territorial Service of Girona   (Spain)

^j Department of Health   (Spain)

^k Department of Health   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; STAFF TRAINING; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; FOOD POISONING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NOROVIRUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 44049094358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-47     Document Type: Article

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