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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 37, 2005 - Issue 3
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Original Article

A nosocomial sapovirus-associated outbreak of gastroenteritis in adults

P.J. Hugo Johansson From the Hospital Infection Control Unit, Department of Medical Microbiology, Dermatology and Infection, Lund University Hospital, Lund, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Katarina Bergentoft From the Hospital Infection Control Unit, Department of Medical Microbiology, Dermatology and Infection, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Per Anders Larsson Department of Surgery, Ängelholm Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Gunilla Magnusson Department of Surgery, Ängelholm Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Anders Widell Department of Medical Microbiology, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Margareta Thorhagen Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
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Kjell-Olof Hedlund Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
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Pages 200-204 | Received 19 Jul 2004, Accepted 20 Dec 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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