An outbreak of scabies in a teaching hospital: Lessons learned

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-18

  Obasanjo, Olugbenga O ^a   Wu, Peggy ^a   Conlon, Martha ^d   Karanfil, Lynne V ^d   Pryor, Patty ^d   Moler, Geraldine ^d   Anhalt, Grant ^a,c,d   Chaisson, Richard E ^a,b,d   Perl, Trish M ^a,b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; PERMETHRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE; PROPHYLAXIS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0035153003     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501818     Document Type: Article

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