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Improper handling of vomitus as a risk factor in the human norovirus outbreak in a kindergarten in Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province, China.
Epidemiology and infection - 17 May 2022
Sun Wanwan, Pang Zhifeng, He Yuanyuan, Chen Yijuan, Pan Jinren, Gao Jian, Miao Ziping
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This study investigated an outbreak in a kindergarten in Wuyi County of acute gastroenteritis concerning a large number of students and teachers. We performed a case-control study, and collected information on the layout of the school, symptoms, onset time of all cases and vomiting sites. A total of 62 individuals fit the definition of probable cases; among these, there were 19 cases of laboratory-confirmed...
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