Infections in Confined Spaces: Cruise Ships, Military Barracks, and College Dormitories

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 773-784

  Kak, Vivek ^a  

^a Foote Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ARMY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COLLEGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHIP; SKIN INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

CONFINED SPACES; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 34548432614     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.06.004     Document Type: Review

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