Control of norovirus outbreak on a pediatric oncology unit
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Norovirus outbreak in a pediatric oncology unit.
OBJECTIVE Norovirus (NV) is an etiologic agent of outstanding importance that can cause severe epidemic gastroenteritis in day-care centers, schools, nursing homes, and hospitals. Therefore NV requires foremost attention as a pathogen responsible for epidemics of gastroenteritis in immunocompromised inpatients. In this study, a NV outbreak in a pediatric oncology unit is described and the conse...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Infection Control
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0196-6553
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.05.032