Hospital sources of Aspergillus species: New routes of transmission?

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 156-162

  Warris, Adilia ^a   Voss, Andreas ^a   Verweij, Paul E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Environment; Epidemiology; Transmission

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ASPERGILLUS; CONIDIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0035708887     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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