Rate of Seasonal Spread of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in a Pediatric Hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 778-780

  McLaws, Mary Louise ^a   Murphy, Cathryn ^b   Taylor, Peter ^b   Ferson, Mark ^b   Gold, Julian ^b   Donnellan, Robyn ^b   Dalton, Dianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NEWBORN; SEASON; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW SOUTH WALES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 0031261471     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141326     Document Type: Article

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