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An unusual outbreak of rotavirus G8P[8] gastroenteritis in adults in an urban community, Singapore, 2016.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Aug 2018
Chia Gabriel, Ho Hanley J, Ng Ching-Ging, Neo Freddy Jun-Xian, Win Mar-Kyaw, Cui Lin, Leo Yee-Sin, Chow Angela
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: An outbreak of gastroenteritis (GE) occurred in community-dwelling adults in the Central Region of urban Singapore, in May 2016. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the cause of the outbreak. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a case-cohort study on GE patients linked to the outbreak who presented to the emergency department of a tertiary-care hospital near the outbreak area, from 18 May to 11 June 2016. Stools were...
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