Chronic Shedders as Reservoir for Nosocomial Transmission of Norovirus
- 1 November 2010
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 48 (11), 4303-4305
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01308-10
Abstract
Norovirus (NoV) infection in immunocompromised patients may lead to prolonged norovirus shedding. Here, we demonstrate the involvement of three chronic shedders in hospital outbreaks. Combined epidemiological and molecular evidence suggests that in one case, NoV transmission occurred at least 17 days after the first diagnosis.Keywords
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