Severe norovirus outbreak among soldiers in the field: Foodborne followed by person-to-person transmission

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-400

  De Laval, Franck ^a   Nivoix, Philippe ^a   De Santi, Vincent Pommier ^a   Caballe, Didier ^b   Garnotel, Eric ^c   Maslin, Jerome ^d  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^b National Commando Training Center   (France)

^c LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CH Sainte Anne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; DEHYDRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GENOTYPE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; LETTER; MALAISE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SOLDIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SHIPS; TRAVEL;

EID: 79961226889     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir380     Document Type: Letter

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