Outbreak of norovirus infection in a hotel in Oslo, Norway, january 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 2-

  Guzman Herrador, B ^a,b   Heier, B T ^a   Osborg, E J ^c   Nguyen, V H ^c   Vold, L ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c Norwegian Food Safety Authority   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; YERSINIA;

EID: 79961157463     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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