Outbreak of pneumococcal pneumonia among unvaccinated residents of a nursing home - New Jersey, April 2001

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 286, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1570-1571

  Bresnitz, E ^a   Grant, C ^b   Ostrawski, S ^b   Morris, C ^b   Calabria, J ^b   Reetz, B ^b   Clugston, S ^c  

^a Department of Health   (United States)

^b New Jersey Dept of Health and Senior Svcs   (United States)

^c Hamilton Township Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035802295     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.286.13.1570     Document Type: Article

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