An outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by norovirus-contaminated groundwater at a waterpark in Korea

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-32

  Koh, Seong Joon ^a   Cho, Han Gil ^b   Kim, Bo Hyun ^c   Choi, Bo Youl ^d  

^a Gyeonggi Provincial Office   (South Korea)

^b Gyeonggi do Research Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^c Bundang Jesaeng Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contaminated groundwater; Disease outbreaks; DNA sequencing; Gastroenteritis; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 78650782975     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.1.28     Document Type: Article

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