Gastroenteritis outbreaks in elderly homes in the East of France during winter 2009/10: Aetiology research for a series of 37 outbreaks

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Thouillot, F ^a   Delhostal, C ^b   Edel, C ^b   Bettinger, A ^c   Pothier, P ^d   Ambert Balay, K ^d   Meffre, C ^a   Alsibai, S ^a  

^a Eastern Regional Office (Cire Est) of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^b Regional Agency for Public Health of Alsace   (France)

^c Alsatian Regional Association against Nosocomial Infections   (France)

^d French National Reference Centre for Enteric Viruses   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOME; SYMPTOM; WINTER;

EID: 84857944006     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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