An outbreak of acute GII.17 norovirus gastroenteritis in a long-term care facility in China: The role of nursing assistants

More than 30 residents and nursing assistants in a geriatric nursing hospital developed acute gastroenteritis from December 7th to December 18th, 2014 in Shanghai, China. An immediate epidemiological investigation was conducted to identify the etiological agent of the outbreak, mode of transmission...

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Main Authors: Chang Cui, Lifeng Pan, Yuanping Wang, Caoyi Xue, Weiping Zhu, Linying Zhu, Chuchu Ye, Xianghua Lu, Haihong Song, Yifei Fu, Qiao Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034117300424