2011-09-07
A Systematic Approach to Elucidate Causes of Gastroenteritis Outbreaks of Suspected Viral Etiology
Publication
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Een systematisch onderzoek naar oorzaken van gastro-enteritis uitbraken verdacht van virale etiologie
The main objective of this thesis was to investigate the etiology of outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis that remained without diagnosis after testing for common viral pathogens causing gastroenteritis, e.g. noroviruses, rotaviruses, sapoviruses, adenoviruses, and astroviruses. No causative pathogen could be detected in over 10% of these outbreaks. Viral gastroenteritis is about the most frequent disease in humans and this unexplained fraction concerns about 150000 cases in the Netherlands each year. Here, an overview of the state of the art of the literature on viral gastroenteritis is provided.
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| EU, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (The Netherlands) | |
| M.P.G. Koopmans D.V.M. (Marion) | |
| Erasmus University Rotterdam | |
| hdl.handle.net/1765/26495 | |
| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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Svraka-Latifovic, S. (2011, September 7). A Systematic Approach to Elucidate Causes of Gastroenteritis Outbreaks of Suspected Viral Etiology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/26495 |
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| Stellingen Sanela Svraka Latifovic.pdf , 232kb | |
| 3355_Svraka-Latifovic, Sanela.jpg Cover Image , 32kb | |
