Estimating the burden of care home gastroenteritis outbreaks in England, 2014–2016

Estimating the burden of care home gastroenteritis outbreaks in England, 2014–2016

Abstract Background Outbreaks of infectious gastroenteritis in care homes are common, with norovirus a frequent cause. In England there is no co-ordinated national surveillance system. We aimed to estimate the burden of these outbreaks. Methods Using a generalised linear mixed effects regression mod...

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Main Authors: Thomas Inns, Helen E. Clough, John P. Harris, Roberto Vivancos, Natalie Adams, Sarah J. O’Brien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Norovirus
Gastroenteritis: Care homes
Outbreaks
Surveillance
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3642-3

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