Norovirus epidemiology in community and health care settings and association with patient age, Denmark

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1123-1131

  Franck, Kristina T ^a,b   Fonager, Jannik ^a   Ersbøll, Annette K ^b   Böttiger, Blenda ^a,c  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; DENMARK; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SAMPLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902817889     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2007.130781     Document Type: Article

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