A large foodborne outbreak of norovirus in diners at a restaurant in England between January and February 2009

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1695-1701

  Smith, A J ^a   McCarthy, N ^a   Saldana, L ^a   Ihekweazu, C ^a   McPhedran, K ^a   Adak, G K ^a   Iturriza Gomara M ^b   Bickler, G ^a   O'Moore, E ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Case control study; foodborne outbreak; norovirus; oysters; shellfish

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATERING SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; OYSTER; PASSION FRUIT; SHELLFISH; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; NOROVIRUS; ODDS RATIO; OSTREIDAE; RESTAURANTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; VOMITING;

EID: 84864447424     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002305     Document Type: Article

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