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Hospital admissions due to norovirus in adult and elderly patients in England.
- Source :
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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2009 Dec 15; Vol. 49 (12), pp. 1890-2. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Norovirus generally causes a mild illness in the community. However, modeling routine hospital admission statistics, we estimate that approximately 3000 norovirus admissions to English hospitals occur per year, accounting for 0.3% and 0.1% of emergency admissions among elderly and adult patients, respectively, at times of peak activity. These admissions pose a risk for subsequent nosocomial infection outbreaks.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1537-6591
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19911997
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1086/648440