Nosocomial transmission of norovirus is mainly caused by symptomatic cases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 931-937

  Sukhrie, Faizel H A ^a,b   Teunis, Peter ^a,c   Vennema, Harry ^a   Copra, Cedrick ^b   Thijs Beersma, Matthias F C ^b   Bogerman, Jolanda ^b,d   Koopmans, Marion ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858119754     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir971     Document Type: Article

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