Institutional risk factors for norovirus outbreaks in Hong Kong elderly homes: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lin, Hualiang ^a   Ng, Sammy ^b   Chan, Shelley ^b   Chan, Wai Man ^b   Lee, Krystal C K ^a   Ho, Suzanne C ^a   Tian, Linwei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NOROVIRUS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; NOROVIRUS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955767471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-297     Document Type: Article

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