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- Title
Hospital admissions due to norovirus in adult and elderly patients in England.
- Authors
Haustein, Thomas; Harris, John P; Pebody, Richard; Lopman, Ben A
- 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.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2009, Vol 49, Issue 12, p1890
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/648440