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Alternative Title:
Norwalk-like viruses : public health consequences and outbreak management
Personal Author:
Ando, Tamie ; Beard, R. Suzann ; Bresee, Joseph S. ; Bulens, Sandra N. ; Fankhauser, Rebecca L. ; ... More +
Ando, Tamie ; Beard, R. Suzann ; Bresee, Joseph S. ; Bulens, Sandra N. ; Fankhauser, Rebecca L. ; Glass, Roger I. ; Li, Jin-Fen ; Monroe, Stephan S. ; Mounts, Anthony W. ; Noel, Jacqueline S. ; Parashar, Umesh D. ; Quiroz, Eva S. Less -
Corporate Authors:
National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) Less -
Description:
""Norwalk-like viruses" (NLVs) cause outbreaks of gastroenteritis and are spread frequently through contaminated food or water. Molecular diagnostics now enables detecting viruses in clinical and environmental specimens, linking of NLV strains causing outbreaks in multiple geographic locations, and tracing them to their sources in contaminated food or water. This report reviews recent advances in NLV detection and provides guidelines and recommendations for investigating NLV-related outbreaks, including specimen collection and disease prevention and control. This report also updates information provided in CDC's previously published, Viral Agents of Gastroenteritis: Public Health Importance and Outbreak Management (MMWR 1990;39 [No. RR-5]: 1-24). These CDC recommendations are intended for public health professionals who investigate outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis but could be useful in academic and research settings as well." - p. 1
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Cover title.

"June 1, 2001."

Prepated by: Umesh D. Parashar, -- Eva S. Quiroz, -- Anthony W. Mounts, -- Stephan S. Monroe, -- Rebecca L. Fankhauser, -- Tamie Ando, -- Jacqueline S. Noel, -- Sandra N. Bulens, -- R. Suzanne Beard, -- Jin-Fen Li, -- Joseph S. Bresee, -- Roger I. Glass, -- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-17).


Subject:
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Caliciviridae Infections
Disease Outbreaks
Gastroenteritis
Norovirus

Series:
MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports ; v. 50, no. RR-9
Document Type:
Journal Issue
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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