Hospitalizations and mortality associated with norovirus outbreaks in nursing homes, 2009-2010

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1668-1675

  Trivedi, Tarak K ^a   DeSalvo, Traci ^b   Lee, Lore ^c   Palumbo, Aimee ^d   Moll, Maria ^d   Curns, Aaron ^a   Hall, Aron J ^a   Patel, Manish ^a   Parashar, Umesh D ^a   Lopman, Benjamin A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84867692126     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.14023     Document Type: Article

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