Unrecognized norovirus infections in health care institutions and their clinical impact

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3040-3045

  Beersma, Matthias F C ^a   Sukhrie, Faizel H A ^a,b   Bogerman, Jolanda ^a,b   Verhoef, Linda ^c   Melo, Mariana Mde ^d   Vonk, Alieke G ^a   Koopmans, Marion ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

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

^d Harbour Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUODENOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NOROVIRUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84865198421     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00908-12     Document Type: Article

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