Unmanageable norovirus outbreak in a single resort located in the Dominican Republic

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 952-954

  Domenech Sanchez A ^a,b   Juan, C ^b   Perez J L ^b,c   Berrocal, C I ^a  

^a Saniconsult Ibérica S L   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Control; Gastroenteritis; Hotel; Norovirus; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 79959290605     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03411.x     Document Type: Article

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