Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b Disease in Elderly Nursing Home Residents: Two Related Cases

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-182

  Heath, Timothy C ^a   Hewitt, Moira C ^b   Jalaludin, Bin ^a   Roberts, Christine ^b   Capon, Anthony G ^a   Jelfs, Peter ^c   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^c  

^a Western Sector Public Health Unit   (Australia)

^b Dept of Pub Hlth and Comm Med ^*

^c Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; NURSING HOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 0031112997     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0302.970212     Document Type: Article

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