Serial Nosocomial Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria from Patient to Nurse to Patient

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-59

  Alweis, Richard L ^a,e   DiRosario, Kerrie ^a   Conidi, Giuseppe ^b   Kain, Kevin C ^c   Olans, Richard ^d   Tully, John L ^a  

^a MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0942287839     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502293     Document Type: Article

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