Molecular epidemiological analysis of a nosocomial outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus associated pneumonia in a kangaroo mother care unit in South Africa

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 724-732

  Visser, Adele ^a   Delport, Suzanne ^a   Venter, Marietjie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Kangaroo mother care unit; Nosocomial; RSV

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 40549124339     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21128     Document Type: Article

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