Specimen collection and confirmation of norovirus outbreaks

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1553-1555

  Plantenga, Melissa S ^a   Shiferaw, Beletshachew ^a   Keene, William E ^a   Biggs, Christianne ^a   Terry, James M ^a   Grenz, Ladonna ^a   Cieslak, Paul R ^a  

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; OREGON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 79960876939     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1708.101815     Document Type: Article

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