Transmission of norovirus among NBA players and staff, winter 2010-2011

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1115-1117

  Desai, Rishi ^a   Yen, Catherine ^a   Wikswo, Mary ^a   Gregoricus, Nicole A ^a   Provo, Jace E ^b   Parashar, Umesh D ^a   Hall, Aron J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b National Basketball Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAFF; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; WINTER;

ATHLETES; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 80755129251     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir682     Document Type: Article

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