An outbreak of rotavirus infection in a long-stay ward of a geriatric hospital.
Open Access
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 33 (3), 306-308
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.33.3.306
Abstract
An outbreak of rotavirus infection in elderly patients in a long-stay ward of a geriatric hospital is described. Virus was detected in 7/15 (47%) symptomatic individuals. Four members of staff were among those affected. The findings emphasise the need for electron microscopy to be used in the initial investigation of outbreaks of diarrhoea in all age groups.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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