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Volume 15, Number 1—January 2009
Research

Enhanced Hygiene Measures and Norovirus Transmission during an Outbreak

Janneke C.M. Heijne1Comments to Author , Peter Teunis1, Gabriella Morroy, Clementine Wijkmans, Sandy Oostveen, Erwin Duizer, Mirjam Kretzschmar, and Jacco Wallinga
Author affiliations: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (J.C.M. Heijne, P. Teunis, E. Duizer, M. Kretzchmar, J. Wallinga); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P. Teunis); Municipal Health Services “Hart voor Brabant,” ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands (G. Morroy, C. Wijkmans, S. Oostveen); University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (M. Kretzschmar, J. Wallinga);

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Figure 2

Generation time distribution for norovirus infections. Generation time is the time between onset of symptoms in successive case-patients. The histogram gives the relative frequency in norovirus outbreaks in Sweden in 1999 (25); the black line indicates the maximum-likelihood fit of the gamma distribution.

Figure 2. Generation time distribution for norovirus infections. Generation time is the time between onset of symptoms in successive case-patients. The histogram gives the relative frequency in norovirus outbreaks in Sweden in 1999 (25); the black line indicates the maximum-likelihood fit of the gamma distribution.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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