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An outbreak of diarrhea in a neonatal medium care unit caused by a novel strain of rotavirus: investigation using both epidemiologic and microbiological methods.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Nov 2002
Widdowson Marc-Alain, van Doornum Gerard J J, van der Poel Wim H M, de Boer Annette S, van de Heide Reina, Mahdi Ulrike, Haanen Paul, Kool Jacob L, Koopmans Marion
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OBJECTIVE: In December 1999, an outbreak of diarrhea was reported in a general hospital neonatal medium care unit (NMCU) caused by a novel strain of rotavirus with genotype P[6], G9. An investigation was conducted to determine risk factors for illness among neonates. DESIGN: Rotavirus diagnosis was by latex agglutination and typing by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. A case-control study was...
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