Detection of Bordetella pertussis and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Air Samples from Hospital Rooms

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 918-923

  Aintablian, Nectar ^a   Walpita, Pramila ^a   Sawyer, Mark H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENTS' ROOMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0032247596     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30142018     Document Type: Article

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