title: Outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis in a nursing home, Slovenia, December 2010.
abstract: A gastroenteritis outbreak affected 45 people (40 residents and five staff) in a nursing home for the elderly in the Celje region, north-east Slovenia, between 17 December and 31 December 2010. Rotavirus group A was laboratory confirmed in the stools of five ill individuals. The outbreak was identified when the number of affected persons was high but was successfully controlled after implementing preventive measures.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health Celje, Celje, Slovenia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trop Skaza
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beskovnik
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zohar Cretnik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018563:Disease Notification; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009740:Nursing Staff; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D017524:Slovenia / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult