Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Euro Surveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 28, 14 July 2011
Rapid communications
Effective control of an acute gastroenteritis outbreak due to norovirus infection in a hospital ward in Athens, Greece, April 2011
S P Georgiadou (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, D Loukeris<SUP>1</SUP>, S Smilakou<SUP>2</SUP>, G L Daikos<SUP>3</SUP>, N V Sipsas<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Georgiadou SP, Loukeris D, Smilakou S, Daikos GL, Sipsas NV. Effective control of an acute gastroenteritis outbreak due to norovirus infection in a hospital ward in Athens, Greece, April 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(28)
ii=19915. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19915
Date of submission: 01 July 2011 <HR>In April 2011, an acute gastroenteritis outbreak due to norovirus infection occurred in a hospital ward in Athens, Greece, affecting 28 people: 16 staff members, 10 inpatients and two relatives of symptomatic inpatients. The attack rate among the patients and staff was 16.4% (10/61) and 31.4% (16/51), respectively. The outbreak lasted eight days and the clinical symptoms were mild. Effective infection control measures prevented the spread of the virus to other hospital wards.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 28, 14 July 2011
Rapid communications
Effective control of an acute gastroenteritis outbreak due to norovirus infection in a hospital ward in Athens, Greece, April 2011
S P Georgiadou (
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Pathophysiology Department, Laikon General Hospital and Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Department of Microbiology, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
- First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Laikon General Hospital and Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Citation style for this article: Georgiadou SP, Loukeris D, Smilakou S, Daikos GL, Sipsas NV. Effective control of an acute gastroenteritis outbreak due to norovirus infection in a hospital ward in Athens, Greece, April 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(28)
ii=19915. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19915 Date of submission: 01 July 2011 <HR>In April 2011, an acute gastroenteritis outbreak due to norovirus infection occurred in a hospital ward in Athens, Greece, affecting 28 people: 16 staff members, 10 inpatients and two relatives of symptomatic inpatients. The attack rate among the patients and staff was 16.4% (10/61) and 31.4% (16/51), respectively. The outbreak lasted eight days and the clinical symptoms were mild. Effective infection control measures prevented the spread of the virus to other hospital wards.