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Quantifying the roles of vomiting, diarrhea, and residents vs. staff in norovirus transmission in U.S. nursing home outbreaks

The role of individual case characteristics, such as symptoms or demographics, in norovirus transmissibility is poorly understood. Six nursing home norovirus outbreaks occurring in South Carolina, U.S. from 2014 to 2016 were examined. We aimed to quantify the contribution of symptoms and other case...

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Autores principales: Adams, Carly, Young, David, Gastañaduy, Paul A., Paul, Prabasaj, Marsh, Zach, Hall, Aron J., Lopman, Benjamin A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7135310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32210423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007271