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An outbreak of acute GII.17 norovirus gastroenteritis in a long-term care facility in China: The role of nursing assistants.
Journal of infection and public health - 1 Jan 2000
Cui Chang, Pan Lifeng, Wang Yuanping, Xue Caoyi, Zhu Weiping, Zhu Linying, Ye Chuchu, Lu Xianghua, Song Haihong, Fu Yifei, Sun Qiao
Abstract excerpt
More than 30 residents and nursing assistants in a geriatric nursing hospital developed acute gastroenteritis from December 7th to December 18th, 2014 in Shanghai, China. An immediate epidemiological investigation was conducted to identify the etiological agent of the outbreak, mode of transmission and the risk factors. Cases were investigated according to an epidemiological questionnaire. Samples from cases,...
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