Disease transmission and passenger behaviors during a high morbidity norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship, January 2009

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1116-1122

  Wikswo, Mary E ^a,c   Cortes, Jennifer ^a   Hall, Aron J ^a   Vaughan, George ^b   Howard, Christopher ^b   Gregoricus, Nicole ^a   Cramer, Elaine H ^b  

^a National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRUISE SHIP; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIP; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NOROVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SHIPS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953893897     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir144     Document Type: Article

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