Adenovirus transmission in a nursing home: Analysis of an epidemic outbreak of keratoconjunctivitis

Gerontology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 250-254

  Dominguez Berjon M F ^a   Hernando Briongos, P ^a   Miguel Arroyo, P J ^b   Echevarria J E ^c   Casas, I ^c  

^a Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^b Residencia San Fernando   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adenovirus type 8; Hygiene measures; Keratoconjunctivitis; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADENOVIRUS; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CORNEAL ULCER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 34548059527     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101692     Document Type: Article

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