A norovirus oyster-related outbreak in a nursing home in France, January 2012

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2486-2493

  Loury, P ^a   Le Guyader, F S ^b   Le Saux, J C ^b   Ambert Balay, K ^c   Parrot, P ^d   Hubert, B ^a  

^a CS 56 233   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c National Reference Centre for Enteric Viruses   (France)

^d Residence les Collines   (France)

Author keywords

Foodborne infections; gastroenteritis; infectious disease epidemiology; investigation; Norwalk agent and related viruses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAL; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; OYSTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANIMAL; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

SHELLFISH POISONING;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOMES; OSTREIDAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHELLFISH POISONING;

EID: 84938417674     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814003628     Document Type: Article

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