To close or not to close? Analysis of 4 year's data from national surveillance of norovirus outbreaks in hospitals in England

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Harris, John P ^a,b   Adak, Goutam K ^a,b   O'Brien, Sarah J ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL WARD CLOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VOMITING; WARD; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; NOROVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892888036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003919     Document Type: Article

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