Outbreak Management and Implications of a Nosocomial Norovirus Outbreak

Background. Noroviruses are enterically transmitted and are a frequent cause of gastroenteritis, affecting 23 million people annually in the United States. We describe a norovirus outbreak and its control in a tertiary care hospital during February–May 2004. Methods. Patients and health care workers...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2007-09, Vol.45 (5), p.534-540
Hauptverfasser:	Johnston, Cecilia P., Qiu, Haoming, Ticehurst, John R., Dickson, Conan, Rosenbaum, Patricia, Lawson, Patricia, Stokes, Amy B., Lowenstein, Charles J., Kaminsky, Michael, Cosgrove, Sara E., Green, Kim Y., Perl, Trish M.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Articles and Commentaries Biological and medical sciences Caliciviridae Infections - economics Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology Caliciviridae Infections - prevention & control Cleaning Coronary care units Cost estimates Cross Infection - economics Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - virology Disease control Disease outbreaks Disease Outbreaks - economics Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control Disease transmission Epidemics Epidemiology Female Gastroenteritis Gastrointestinal diseases General aspects Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data Hospitals, University Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models Humans Incidence Infection Control - methods Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient Infectious diseases Male Maryland - epidemiology Medical personnel Medical sciences Middle Aged Norovirus Norovirus - pathogenicity Patients Personnel, Hospital Psychiatric hospitals Sick leave Viruses
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