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Norovirus outbreak among students of a boarding school in Kluang, Johor, Malaysia

Author(s) -

Mohamad Nizam Subahir,

Mohammad Saffree Jeffree,

Mohd Rohaizat Hassan,

Md Faizul Abd Razak,

Syarifah Noor Ghulam Mohamad,

Siat Yee Fong,

Kamruddin Ahmed

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.11199

Subject(s) - outbreak , norovirus , medicine , environmental health , epidemiology , quarantine , diarrhea , hygiene , personal hygiene , veterinary medicine , boarding school , vomiting , virology , geography , surgery , family medicine , archaeology , pathology , islam

Norovirus (NoV) is a contagious virus causing acute gastroenteritis and is mainly responsible for diarrheal outbreak in closed settings. The aims of this study were to describe the epidemiological characteristic of an outbreak in a boarding school, to assess the extent of the outbreak and to implement appropriate control measures.

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