An outbreak of Norovirus infection affecting an Austrian nursing home and a hospital.

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Published in Wien Klin Wochenschr on December 01, 2005

Authors

Daniela Schmid1, Ingeborg Lederer, Anna-Margaretha Pichler, Christian Berghold, Eckart Schreier, Franz Allerberger

Author Affiliations

1: Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria.

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