Management of a sabiá virus-infected patient in a US hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 176-182

  Armstrong, Lori R ^a   Dembry, Louise Marie ^b   Rainey, Petrie M ^c   Russi, Mark B ^c   Khan, Ali S ^a   Fischer, Steven H ^d   Edberg, Stephen C ^c   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^a   Rollin, Pierre E ^a,e   Peters, C J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARENAVIRUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ARENAVIRUS; CONNECTICUT; CONTACT TRACING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION;

EID: 0033090748     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501607     Document Type: Article

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