| Title | Guidelines on the management of communicable diseases in schools and nurseries - Calicivirus |
| Author(s) | Health Protection Agency |
| Abstract | Guidelines on the Management of Communicable Diseases in Schools and Nurseries: Gastroenteritis - Calicivirus. This document provides details of mode of transmission - definition of onset; incubation period; risk of transmission- duration of shedding; period of infectiousness - serial interval; and exclusion period from school / nursery. Gastroenteritis - Calicivirus chiefly affects children under 6 months. A longer period of exclusion may be appropriate for children under 5 years and for older children who are unable to maintain good personal hygiene. |
| Date of publishing | 01/01/2001 |
| Date of last revision by publisher | 04/30/2003 |
| Date of last review by us | 01/10/2005 |
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