Foodborne gastroenteritis outbreak in an Austrian healthcare facility caused by asymptomatic, norovirus-excreting kitchen staff

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-241

  Schmid, D ^a   Kuo, H W ^a   Hell, M ^b   Kasper, S ^a   Lederer, I ^a   Mikula, C ^a   Springer, B ^a   Allerberger, F ^a,b  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Case cohort study; Food handler; Foodborne; Norovirus; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; AUSTRIA; CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; NOROVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINACH; VIRUS CARRIER;

AUSTRIA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SERVICES; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MEAT; NOROVIRUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 79951853006     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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