An outbreak of calicivirus infection in a mother and baby unit.

Journal of clinical pathology ·Vol. 33 ·No. 11 ·1980-11-00 ·Pages 1095-8

Cubitt WD, McSwiggan DA, Arstall S

Abstract

A small outbreak of infection due to a calicivirus occurred in a mother and baby unit. All the infants showed evidence of infection but the clinical features varied. None of the staff or mothers showed evidence of illness, and antibody studies indicated past experience of this virus.

MeSH Terms

Adult Antibodies, Viral/analysis Caliciviridae/immunology Disease Outbreaks/epidemiology Feces/microbiology Female Hospitals, Psychiatric Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Picornaviridae Infections/epidemiology,microbiology

Chemicals

Antibodies, Viral

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Cubitt W D

McSwiggan D A

Arstall S

References (6)

6 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical pathology

Abbr.

J Clin Pathol

ISSN

0021-9746

DOI

10.1136/jcp.33.11.1095

Published

1980-11-00

Pages

1095-8

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0376601

PMCID

PMC1146343

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1136/jcp.33.11.1095 PMC Full Text View journal details

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