Mortality following isolation of various respiratory viruses in nursing home residents

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 812-815

  Drinka, Paul J ^a,b,c   Gravenstein, Stefan ^e   Langer, Elizabeth ^a   Krause, Peggy ^a   Shult, Peter ^d  

^a Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^e EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0033255684     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501589     Document Type: Article

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