Epidemiological investigation of two parallel gastroenteritis outbreaks in school settings

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mellou, Kassiani ^b   Sideroglou, Theologia ^b   Potamiti Komi, Maria ^b   Kokkinos, Petros ^a   Ziros, Panos ^a   Georgakopoulou, Theano ^b   Vantarakis, Apostolos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

Community outbreaks; Gastrointestinal infections; Norovirus; School settings; Waterborne viruses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875040947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-241     Document Type: Article

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