Notes from the field: Outbreaks of rotavirus gastroenteritis among elderly adults in two retirement communities --- Illinois, 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 60, Issue 42, 2011, Pages 1456-

  Gerber, Susan I ^a   Cortese, Margaret M ^b   Bowen, Michael D ^b  

^a Cook County Dept of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; HAND WASHING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NOTE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RETIREMENT; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HANDWASHING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFECTION CONTROL; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETIREMENT; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 80555134746     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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