An outbreak of norovirus infection in an Italian residential-care facility for the elderly

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-100

  Medici, Maria Cristina ^a   Morelli, A ^b   Arcangeletti, M C ^a   Calderaro, A ^a   De Conto, F ^a   Martinelli, M ^a   Abelli, L A ^a   Dettori, G ^a   Chezzi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit (AUSL)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infection; Norovirus outbreak; Residential care facility; Sequence analysis; Virus shedding

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ORF1; PROTEIN ORF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 59349112839     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02117.x     Document Type: Article

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