Eye-opening approach to norovirus surveillance

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1319-1321

  Hulth, Anette ^a   Andersson, Yvonne ^a   Hedlund, Kjell Olof ^a   Andersson, Mikael ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MASS MEDIUM; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; WINTER;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; NOROVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SWEDEN; VOMITING;

EID: 77956027386     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1608.100093     Document Type: Letter

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