Use of templates to identify source of norovirus outbreak

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 839-840

  Liko, Juventila ^a   Keene, William E ^a  

^a OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; NOROVIRUS; OYSTER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAW FOOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SANITATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NOROVIRUS; OSTREIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHELLFISH;

EID: 66149088453     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1505.081625     Document Type: Letter

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