Avian influenza H5N1 and healthcare workers [10]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1158-1159

  Schultsz, Constance ^a   Dong, Vo Cong ^b   Chau, Nguyen Van Vinh ^c   Le, Nguyen Thi Hanh ^b   Lim, Wilina ^d   Thanh, Tran Tan ^a   Dolecek, Christiane ^a   De Jong, Menno D ^a   Hien, Tran Tinh ^c   Farrar, Jeremy ^a  

^a The Hospital for Tropical Diseases   (Viet Nam)

^b Pediatric Hospital Number One   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Health ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AVIAN INFLUENZA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 21144432286     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1107.050070     Document Type: Letter

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