Effective control of an acute gastroenteritis outbreak due to norovirus infection in a hospital ward in Athens, Greece, April 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 28, 2011, Pages

  Georgiadou, S P ^a   Loukeris, D ^a   Smilakou, S ^b   Daikos, G L ^a   Sipsas, N V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CASE FINDING; CLEANING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GREECE; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL STAFF; NOROVIRUS; SYMPTOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WARD;

EID: 79960854783     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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