Quantifying the roles of vomiting, diarrhea, and residents vs. staff in norovirus transmission in U.S. nursing home outbreaks.

The role of individual case characteristics, such as symptoms or demographics, in norovirus transmissibility is poorly understood. Six nursing home norovirus outbreaks occurring in South Carolina, U.S. from 2014 to 2016 were examined. We aimed to quantify the contribution of symptoms and other case...

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Main Authors: Carly Adams, David Young, Paul A Gastañaduy, Prabasaj Paul, Zach Marsh, Aron J Hall, Benjamin A Lopman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-03-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007271