Gastroenteritis outbreak caused by norovirus associated with the children's club of a hotel located in Majorca, Spain

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 949-951

  Domenech Sanchez A ^a,b  

^a Saniconsult Ibérica S L   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Gastroenteritis; Hotel; Norovirus; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NOROVIRUS; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 79959304433     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03342.x     Document Type: Article

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