Outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis in a nursing home, Slovenia, December 2010
| Autor: | T Zohar Cretnik, A Trop Skaza, Lucija Beškovnik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Nursing staff Epidemiology Infectious disease transmission business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Outbreak Rotavirus gastroenteritis medicine.disease_cause Virology Rotavirus Family medicine Gastroenteritis outbreak Disease Notification medicine business Nursing homes |
| Zdroj: | Eurosurveillance. 16 |
| ISSN: | 1560-7917 |
| DOI: | 10.2807/ese.16.14.19837-en |
| Popis: | A gastroenteritis outbreak affected 45 people (40 residents and five staff) in a nursing home for the elderly in the Celje region, north-east Slovenia, between 17 December and 31 December 2010. Rotavirus group A was laboratory confirmed in the stools of five ill individuals. The outbreak was identified when the number of affected persons was high but was successfully controlled after implementing preventive measures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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