Epidemiology and estimated costs of a large waterborne outbreak of norovirus infection in Sweden

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 592-600

  Larsson, C ^a   Andersson, Y ^b   Allestam, G ^b   Lindqvist, A ^a   Nenonen, N ^c   Bergstedt, O ^d  

^a Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost; Epidemiology; Norovirus; Outbreak; Waterborne

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLIPHAGE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; VIROLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INFECTION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84896479790     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813001209     Document Type: Article

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