A norovirus outbreak in a nursing home: Norovirus shedding time associated with age

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-101

  Lai, Chao Chih ^a   Wang, Ying Hsueh ^a   Wu, Ching Yi ^b   Hung, Ching Hsiang ^b   Jiang, Donald Dah Shyong ^b   Wu, Fang Tzy ^b,c  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Centers for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Norovirus; Viral excretion; Viral reduced rate; Virus shedding

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACCELERATED FAILURE TIME MODEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; NAUSEA; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOMES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 84872407512     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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