What proportion of care home outbreaks are caused by norovirus? An analysis of viral causes of gastroenteritis outbreaks in care homes, North East England, 2016–2018

BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of infectious gastroenteritis are common in care homes for the elderly. Norovirus can cause these outbreaks, but diagnosis is frequently based solely on clinical characteristics. Our objective in this study was to describe the epidemiology of norovirus and other gastrointestina...

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Autores principales: Inns, Thomas, Wilson, Deb, Manley, Petra, Harris, John P., O’Brien, Sarah J., Vivancos, Roberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6938643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31892311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4726-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6938643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31892311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4726-4

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