Open AccessSRSV-1 gastroenteritis in Malta - 1995
Author(s) -
Dennis Falzon
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.01.03.00198-en
Subject(s) - outbreak , virology , norwalk virus , acute gastroenteritis , covid-19 , medicine , geography , environmental health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , norovirus , pathology
Small round structured viruses (SRSV) are known to cause epidemic gastroenteritis in institutions and account for 54% of person to person outbreaks and 6% of foodborne outbreaks in England and Wales. Infection is commonly transmitted from person to person