Two New Zealand outbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis linked to commercially farmed oysters

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1347, 2011, Pages 11-

  Wall, Richard ^a   Dymond, Nicky ^b   Bell, Anita ^a   Thornley, Craig ^c   Buik, Hans ^a   Cumming, David ^a   Petersen, Nicole ^a  

^a WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b TARANAKI DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c Auckland Regional Public Health Unit   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIALLY FARMED OYSTER; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NAUSEA; NEW ZEALAND; NOROVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VOMITING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84855855326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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