Outbreak of human parvovirus B19 in hospital workers

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 238-241

  Miyamoto, K ^a,b   Ogami, M ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Mori, T ^a   Akimoto, S ^a   Terashita, H ^b   Terashita, T ^b  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Terashita Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hospital office worker; Human parvovirus B19; Nursing staff; Transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034219197     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2000.0771     Document Type: Article

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