Norovirus Outbreak Caused by a New Septic System in a Dolomite Aquifer

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-97

  Borchardt, Mark A ^a   Bradbury, Kenneth R ^b   Alexander, E Calvin ^c   Kolberg, Rhonda J ^d   Alexander, Scott C ^c   Archer, John R ^e   Braatz, Laurel A ^f   Forest, Brian M ^d   Green, Jeffrey A ^g   Spencer, Susan K ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Door County Soil and Water Conservation Department   (United States)

^e Bureau of Communicable Diseases   (United States)

^f Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^g Green Land and Water LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE-CONTROL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EARLY ARRIVAL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL SETTINGS; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; ODDS RATIOS; QUANTITATIVE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION-POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTIC SYSTEM; TRACER TESTS; TWO-POINT; VADOSE ZONE; WELL WATER; WISCONSIN;

AQUIFERS; BUILDING CODES; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POTABLE WATER; SEPTIC TANKS; VIRUSES;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DOLOMITE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRACER; VADOSE ZONE; WELL WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; VIROLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 78650358505     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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