Surveillance for outbreaks of gastroenteritis in long-term care facilities, Australia, 2002-2008

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 907-914

  Kirk, Martyn D ^a,b   Fullerton, Kathleen E ^b   Hall, Gillian V ^a   Gregory, Joy ^c   Stafford, Russell ^b   Veitch, Mark G ^d   Becker, Niels ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b OzFoodNet   (Australia)

^c Department of Health ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA;

AUSTRALIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 77957838409     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656406     Document Type: Article

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