Risk of nosocomial transmission of nipah virus in a Bangladesh Hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 740-742

  Gurley, Emily S ^a   Montgomery, Joel M ^d   Jahangir Hossain, M ^a   Rafiqul Islam, M ^b   Abdur Rahim Molla, M ^b   Shamsuzzaman, S M ^b   Akram, Kazi ^c   Zaman, Kamruz ^c   Asgari, Nima ^c   Comer, James A ^d   Azad, Abul Kalam ^b   Rollin, Pierre E ^d   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^d   Breiman, Robert F ^a  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BANGLADESH; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NIPAH VIRUS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 34250731180     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516665     Document Type: Article

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