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The epidemiology of published norovirus outbreaks: a review of risk factors associated with attack rate and genogroup.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jul 2012
Matthews J E, Dickey B W, Miller R D, Felzer J R, Dawson B P, Lee A S, Rocks J J, Kiel J, Montes J S, Moe C L, Eisenberg J N S, Leon J S
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to examine global epidemiological trends in human norovirus (NoV) outbreaks by transmission route and setting, and describe relationships between these characteristics, viral attack rates, and the occurrence of genogroup I (GI) or genogroup II (GII) strains in outbreaks. We analysed data from 902 reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction-confirmed, human NoV outbreaks...
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