Norovirus Outbreaks on Commercial Cruise Ships: A Systematic Review and New Targets for the Public Health Agenda

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 67-74

  Bert, Fabrizio ^a   Scaioli, Giacomo ^a   Gualano, Maria Rosaria ^a   Passi, Stefano ^a   Specchia, Maria Lucia ^b   Cadeddu, Chiara ^b   Viglianchino, Cristina ^a   Siliquini, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cruises; Infectious diseases; Norovirus; Outbreaks

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SHIP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ECONOMICS; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHIPS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901349923     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-014-9145-5     Document Type: Review

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