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Two nosocomial norovirus outbreaks in the neonatal intensive and intermediate care unit

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  1. Research Unit for Neonatal Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 30, 8036, Graz, Austria

    C. Sommer, W. Mueller & B. Resch

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The study was presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), Graz, Austria, May 2008.

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Sommer, C., Mueller, W. & Resch, B. Two nosocomial norovirus outbreaks in the neonatal intensive and intermediate care unit. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 28, 1133–1136 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-009-0735-3

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