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Investigation and Control of a Nosocomial Norovirus Outbreak in a Long-Term Care Facility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marc Carpentier ,
Jordan Ollivro ,
Raoul Baron ,
Mickaël Le Galudec ,
Chantal Fauchier ,
Adissa Minoui-Tran ,
Christopher Payan ,
Benoist Lejeune  and
Ronan Garlantézec
Marc Carpentier*
Affiliation:
Service de Santé Publique et d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France
Jordan Ollivro
Affiliation:
Service de Santé Publique et d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France
Raoul Baron
Affiliation:
Service de Santé Publique et d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France
Mickaël Le Galudec
Affiliation:
Service de Santé Publique et d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France
Chantal Fauchier
Affiliation:
Centre René Fortin, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France
Adissa Minoui-Tran
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France Equipe d'Accueil LUBEM EA3882, Unité de Formation et de Recherche de Médecine (UFR Médecine), Brest, France
Christopher Payan
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France Equipe d'Accueil LUBEM EA3882, Unité de Formation et de Recherche de Médecine (UFR Médecine), Brest, France
Benoist Lejeune
Affiliation:
Service de Santé Publique et d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France Cellule Régionale d'Epidémiologie Nosocomiale, UFR Médecine, Brest, France
Ronan Garlantézec
Affiliation:
Service de Santé Publique et d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France Unité Inserm U625, Rennes, France
*
Service de Santé Publique, Hôpital Morvan, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Brest, 2 avenue Foch 29609 Brest Cedex, France (marc.carpentier@chu-brest.fr)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 10 , October 2011 , pp. 1052 - 1055
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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