A large-volume nebulizer would not be an infectious source for severe acute respiratory syndrome

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1113-1115

  Wan, Gwo Hwa ^a   Tsai, Ying Huang ^b,c   Wu, Yao Kuang ^b   Tsao, Kuo Chien ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b Dept of Pulmonary and Critical Care ^*  (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; VIRUS DNA;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; FILTER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; LARGE VOLUME NEBULIZER; NEBULIZER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEROSOLS; DNA, VIRAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 10844296616     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502353     Document Type: Article

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