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Euro Surveill. Outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis in a nursing home, Slovenia, December 2010
Outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis in a nursing home, Slovenia, December 2010 (Euro Surveill., abstract, edited)
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19837">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 14, 07 April 2011
Rapid communications
Outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis in a nursing home, Slovenia, December 2010
A Trop Skaza 1, L Beskovnik 1, T Zohar Cretnik 1
1. Institute of Public Health Celje, Celje, Slovenia
Citation style for this article: Trop Skaza A, Beskovnik L, Zohar Cretnik T. Outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis in a nursing home, Slovenia, December 2010. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(14):pii=19837. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=19837
Date of submission: 21 March 2011
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.
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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19837">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 14, 07 April 2011
Rapid communications
Outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis in a nursing home, Slovenia, December 2010
A Trop Skaza 1, L Beskovnik 1, T Zohar Cretnik 1
1. Institute of Public Health Celje, Celje, Slovenia
Citation style for this article: Trop Skaza A, Beskovnik L, Zohar Cretnik T. Outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis in a nursing home, Slovenia, December 2010. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(14):pii=19837. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=19837
Date of submission: 21 March 2011
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.
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