title: Uncontrolled nosocomial rotavirus transmission during a community outbreak.
abstract: Between Jan. 11 and March 31, 1983, 60 pediatric patients were diagnosed with rotavirus gastroenteritis. Of these cases 24 were community acquired, 29 were nosocomial, and 7 were of undetermined origin. Despite intensive infection control efforts, nosocomial transmission continued as long as patients with community-acquired cases were admitted. The use of disinfectants and germicides that were ineffective against rotavirus may have contributed to the continued nosocomial spread during a community outbreak.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Florida.
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Raad
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Sherertz
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Reuman
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005431:Florida; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000502:physiology; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000635:transmission*