Linking Time-Varying Symptomatology and Intensity of Infectiousness to Patterns of Norovirus Transmission

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Zelner, Jonathan L ^a,c   Lopman, Benjamin A ^b   Hall, Aron J ^b   Ballesteros, Sebastien ^a   Grenfell, Bryan T ^a,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84880819195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068413     Document Type: Article

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