Nosocomial measles infection in a pediatric hospital during a community-wide epidemic

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 183-186

  Rivera, Martha Elisa ^a,b   Mason, Wilbert Henry ^a,b   Ross, Lawrence Alan ^a,b   Wright Jr , Harry Tucker ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEASLES VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMAN; LOS ANGELES; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0025738572     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(05)80725-5     Document Type: Article

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