A nosocomial and occupational cluster of hepatitis A virus infection in a pediatric ward

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 343-345

  Petrosillo, Nicola ^a   Raffaele, Barbara ^a   Martini, Lorena ^a   Nicastri, Emanuele ^a   Nurra, Giuseppina ^a   Anzidei, Gianfranco ^a   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS A; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035996313     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502064     Document Type: Article

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