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Establishment of a national database to link epidemiological and molecular data from norovirus outbreaks in Ireland.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Nov 2008
Kelly S, Foley B, Dunford L, Coughlan S, Tuite G, Duffy M, Mitchell S, Smyth B, O'Neill H, McKeown P, Hall W, Lynch M
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A prospective study of norovirus outbreaks in Ireland was carried out over a 1-year period from 1 October 2004 to 30 September 2005. Epidemiological and molecular data on norovirus outbreaks in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern Ireland (NI) were collected and combined in real time in a common database. Most reported outbreaks occurred in hospitals and residential institutions and person-to-person spread...
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