A Viral Gastroenteritis Outbreak Associated with Person-to-Person Spread among Hospital Staff
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 19 (3), 162-167
- https://doi.org/10.2307/30143435
Abstract
Objective: To identify the etiologic agent and risk factors associated with a hospital ward outbreak of gastroenteritis. Setting: A regional referral hospital i...Keywords
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