Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis - Do outbreaks have to be epidemic?

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-363

  Cheung, D ^a   Bremner, J ^a   Chan, J T K ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis; Infection control procedures

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; METHODOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VIROLOGY;

EID: 0037617932     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700330     Document Type: Article

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