Recurring norovirus transmission on an airplane

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 515-520

  Thornley, Craig N ^a   Emslie, Nicola A ^b   Sprott, Tim W ^b   Greening, Gail E ^c   Rapana, Jackie P ^a  

^a Auckland Regional Public Health Service   (New Zealand)

^b Air New Zealand Medical Unit   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 80052246925     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir465     Document Type: Article

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