Food-related norovirus outbreak among people attending two barbeques: epidemiological, virological, and environmental investigation

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 629-635

  Vivancos, Roberto ^a,b   Shroufi, Amir ^a   Sillis, Margaret ^c   Aird, Heather ^c   Gallimore, Chris I ^a   Myers, Linda ^a   Mahgoub, Hamid ^a   Nair, Pat ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control study; Cohort study; Food borne; Norovirus; Outbreak; Viral gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEESE; CHICKEN MEAT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOROVIRUS; PASTA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHICKENS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SERVICES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949172079     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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