Norovirus introduction routes into nursing homes and risk factors for spread: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 163-178

  Petrignani, M ^a,b   van Beek, J ^b,c   Borsboom, G ^b   Richardus, J H ^a,b   Koopmans, M ^b,c  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Introduction routes; Norovirus; Nursing homes; Risk factors; Transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL INFORMATION; META ANALYSIS; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEER REVIEW; RESIDENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODS; NURSING HOMES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TRANSMISSION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOMES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84925054011     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.11.015     Document Type: Review

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