Norovirus in Hospital:Its Epidemiological Investigation
- VernacularTitle:医院感染诺如病毒肠炎的流行病学调查
- Author:
Haiyan LI
;
Bo JIANG
;
Zhijun SUN
;
Hongyan CHEN
;
Jian LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Norovirus;
Hospital infection;
Epidemiology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2006;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To investigate the transmission process of large scale abrupt diarrhea with unknown reason occurred in hospital,analyze the cause of infection outbreak and the characteristics of Norovirus in hospital and to provide evidence to prevent and control the infection in hospital.METHODS Standardized questionnaire was used on individual,looking over the case of illness and the investigation of outbreak scene,the relationship of various contact type and odds of infection.RESULTS Nine cases were occurred,fifty-two cases were contacted,The morbidity was 17.31%.The feature of Norovirus infection was clear.CONCLUSIONS The first source of infection was an input case.The main transmission way is no protecting close contact.The high risk group is inpatients and their relatives.
