The burden of infectious gastroenteritis in elderly residents and staff of long-term care facilities, Australia

M. D. Kirk; C. R.M. Moffatt; G. V. Hall; N. Becker; R. Booy; L. Heron; R. MacIntyre; D. E. Dwyer; R. Lindley

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The burden of infectious gastroenteritis in elderly residents and staff of long-term care facilities, Australia

M. D. Kirk, C. R.M. Moffatt, G. V. Hall, N. Becker, R. Booy, L. Heron, R. MacIntyre, D. E. Dwyer, R. Lindley

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We estimated the incidence of gastroenteritis in 16 Australian longterm care facilities. During 12 months' surveillance, 245 (96%) of 254 episodes of gastroenteritis among long-term care residents were associated with 17 outbreaks in 11 facilities. Incidence in long-term care residents was 0.64 episodes per 1,000 bed-days (95%confidence interval, 0.29-1.42).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	860-863
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	31
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/654000
Publication status	Published - Aug 2010

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