An outbreak of norovirus infection linked to oyster consumption at a UK restaurant, February 2010

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-211

  Baker, Kenneth ^a   Morris, Jill ^a   McCarthy, Noel ^a   Saldana, Luisa ^a   Lowther, James ^b   Collinson, Andrew ^c   Young, Michael ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Wycombe District Council Environmental Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case control study; norovirus; outbreak; oyster

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; OYSTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHELLFISH; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS; SHELLFISH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957811456     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq089     Document Type: Article

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