Epidemiological study of ground-waterborne norovirus GI.3-associated gastroenteritis outbreaks in Gyeonggi province of South Korea in May 2011

Journal of Bacteriology and Virology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-241

  Lee, Myung Jin ^a,b   Kim, Woon Ho ^a   Cho, Han Gil ^a   Lee, Sang Seob ^b  

^a Gyeonggi do Research Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^b Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Goundwater; Norovirus; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922686396     PISSN: 15982467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4167/jbv.2012.42.3.232     Document Type: Article

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