Influenza outbreaks in aged-care facilities: Staff vaccination and the emerging use of antiviral therapy

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 640-642

  Guy, Rebecca J ^a   Di Natale, Richard ^a   Kelly, Heath A ^b   Lambert, Stephen B ^c   Tobin, Sean ^a   Robinson, Priscilla M ^a   Tallis, Graham ^a   Hampson, Alan W ^d  

^a Department of Epidemiology ^*  (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; VIRUS RNA; ZANAMIVIR;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 3042855141     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06129.x     Document Type: Article

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