Seasonal variation of acinetobacter infections: 1987-1996

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1133-1137

  McDonald, L Clifford ^a,b   Banerjee, Shailen N ^b   Jarvis, William R ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

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

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033509927     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313441     Document Type: Article

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