A serious outbreak of parainfluenza type 3 on a nursing unit

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1216-1218

  Faulks, J Todd ^a,b   Pharm, R ^a,b   Drinka, Paul J ^c   Shult, Peter ^d  

^a Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing home; Outbreak; Parainfluenza type 3; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILL; EPIDEMIC; HEADACHE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PNEUMONIA; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3, HUMAN; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0033791006     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb02593.x     Document Type: Article

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