A nosocomial and community outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis in Navarre, Spain, in 1996;Brote nosocomial y comunitario de queratoconjuntivitis epidemica en Navarra en el ano 1996

Revista Espanola de Salud Publica

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-390

  Miqueleiz, M Asunción Salcedo ^a   Tanco, Begoña Goldaracena ^b   Aicua, M Eva Ardanaz ^a   Ramos, Ana Mazón ^c   Iribas, Conchi Moreno ^a   Gonzalo, Soledad Salvo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Universidad Pública de Navarra

^c Secc de Microbiología ^*

Author keywords

Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis; Epidemiological monitoring; Nosocomial and community outbreak; Outbreak through adenovirus

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPAIN; VIRUS ISOLATION; AGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS, INFECTIOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 0031466246     PISSN: 11355727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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