Updated norovirus outbreak management and disease prevention guidelines

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 60, Issue RR-3, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Hall DVM, Aron J ^a   Vinjé, Jan ^a   Lopman, Benjamin ^a   Park, Geun Woo ^a   Yen, Catherine ^a   Gregoricus, Nicole ^a   Parashar, Umesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 79952631756     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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