Risk of influenza A (H5N1) infection among health care workers exposed to patients with influenza A (H5N1), Hong Kong

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 344-348

  Bridges, Carolyn Buxton ^a,l,m   Katz, Jacqueline M ^a   Seto, Wing Hong ^f   Chan, Paul K S ^g   Tsang, Dominic ^h   Ho, William ⁱ   Mak, K H ^k   Lim, Wilina ^j   Tam, John S ^g   Clarke, Matthew ^c   Williams, Seymour G ^a,e   Mounts, Anthony W ^a,b,l   Bresee, Joseph S ^b   Conn, Laura A ^d   Rowe, Thomas ^a   Hu Primmer, Jean ^a   Abernathy, Robert A ^a,l   Lu, Xiuhua ^a   Cox, Nancy J ^a   Fukuda, Keiji ^a  

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

^b Resp and Enteric Viruses Branch   (United States)

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

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^h QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^j DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^k Government Virus Unit ^*  (Hong Kong)

^l Influenza Branch (CBB)   (United States)

^m NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033958780     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315213     Document Type: Article

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