High incidence of norovirus GII.4 outbreaks in hospitals and nursing homes in Catalonia (Spain), 2010-2011

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 725-733

  Godoy, P ^a,b   Ferrrus, G ^a   Torner, N ^a,b,c   Camps, N ^a   Sala, M R ^a   Guix, S ^c   Bartolome R ^d   Martinez A ^a   De Simon M ^e   Dominguez A ^b,c  

^a C Agy Hlth Technol Assess Res   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; hospitals; norovirus; Norwalk like virus; nursing home; outbreak

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NURSING HOME; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOMES; SPAIN;

EID: 84927968844     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814001204     Document Type: Article

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