Outbreak Investigations

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 138-145

  Beck Sague, Consuelo ^a   Jarvis, William R ^a   Martone, William J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 0031066853     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30142406     Document Type: Article

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