The initial hospital response to an epidemic

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 706-712

  Petrosillo, Nicola ^a   Puro, Vincenzo ^a   Di Caro, Antonino ^a   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a  

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

Author keywords

Communication; Emerging infectious diseases; Hospital; Preparedness; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTHRAX; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 26444537418     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.05.003     Document Type: Review

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