Avian flu: Should we worry in home healthcare?

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-45

  Martin, Sharon Dezzani ^a  

^a St Joseph's College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD HANDLING; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETICS; HEALTH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POULTRY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FOOD HANDLING; GENETIC DRIFT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POULTRY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33644886651     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004045-200601000-00009     Document Type: Review

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