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Next-generation whole genome sequencing identifies the direction of norovirus transmission in linked patients.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Aug 2013
Kundu Samit, Lockwood Julianne, Depledge Daniel P, Chaudhry Yasmin, Aston Antony, Rao Kanchan, Hartley John C, Goodfellow Ian, Breuer Judith
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BACKGROUND: Noroviruses are a highly transmissible and major cause of nosocomial gastroenteritis resulting in bed and hospital-ward closures. Where hospital outbreaks are suspected, it is important to determine the routes of spread so that appropriate infection-control procedures can be implement...
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