A rhinovirus outbreak among residents of a long-term care facility

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 588-593

  Wald, Tina G ^b   Shult, Peter ^c   Krause, Peggy ^d   Miller, Barbara A ^a   Drinka, Paul ^d   Gravenstein, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^d Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0028849153     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-123-8-199510150-00004     Document Type: Article

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