Detection of norovirus in air samples in a non-vomiting patient: implications of testing saliva for norovirus in an immunocompromised host

J Hosp Infect. 2019 Nov;103(3):357-358. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.07.011. Epub 2019 Jul 25.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Air Microbiology*
  • Caliciviridae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Caliciviridae Infections / pathology
  • Caliciviridae Infections / virology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Male
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
  • Norovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Plasma / virology
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Saliva / virology*
  • Viral Load