Norovirus outbreak associated with a natural lake used for recreation — Oregon, 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 485-490

  Zlot, Amy ^a   Simckes, Maayan ^a,b   Vines, Jennifer ^a   Reynolds, Laura ^a   Sullivan, Amy ^a   Scott, Magdalena Kendall ^c   Michael McLuckie, J ^a   Kromer, Dan ^b   Hill, Vincent R ^d   Yoder, Jonathan S ^d   Hlavsa, Michele C ^d  

^a MULTNOMAH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b Oregon Public Health Division ^*  (United States)

^c OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; LAKES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; OREGON; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931062128     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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