Outbreak of Norovirus Illness Among Wildfire Evacuation Shelter Populations - Butte and Glenn Counties, California, November 2018

Norovirus infection, the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in the US, is highly contagious and resistant to several disinfectants. Outbreaks are common in disaster evacuation shelters, given frequent close personal contact and challenges with infection prevention and control (IPC). Here,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2020, Vol.69 (20), p.613-617
Hauptverfasser:	Karmarkar, Ellora, Jain, Seema, Higa, Jeff, Fontenot, Jázmin, Bertolucci, Regina, Huynh, Thalia, Hammer, Gwendolyn, Brodkin, Alice, Thao, May, Brousseau, Blake, Hopkins, Danielle, Kelly, Emily, Sheffield, Madison, Henley, Sandy, Whittaker, Holly, Herrick, Robert L, Pan, Chao-Yang, Chen, Alice, Kim, Janice, Schaumleffe, Lori, Khwaja, Zenith, Epson, Erin, Chai, Shua J, Wadford, Debra, Vugia, Duc, Lewis, Linda
Format:	Report
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Beverages Collaboration Disinfectants Disinfection & disinfectants Epidemics Evacuation Food contamination & poisoning Gastroenteritis Hospitals Illnesses Infections Laboratories NGOs Nongovernmental organizations Norovirus Outbreaks Patients Populations Public health Shelters Wildfires Workforce planning
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Zusammenfassung:	Norovirus infection, the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in the US, is highly contagious and resistant to several disinfectants. Outbreaks are common in disaster evacuation shelters, given frequent close personal contact and challenges with infection prevention and control (IPC). Here, Kamarkar et al discuss the outbreak of norovirus illness among wildfire evacuation shelter populations-Butte and Glenn Counties CA on Nov 2018.
ISSN:	0149-2195 1545-861X