An echovirus type 18 outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 587-589

  Kusuhara, Koichi ^a,c   Saito, Mitsumasa ^a   Sasaki, Yuka ^a   Hikino, Shunji ^a   Taguchi, Tomoaki ^a   Suita, Sachiyo ^a   Hayashi, Jun ^a   Wakatsuki, Kiyoko ^b   Hara, Toshiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka City Institute for Hygiene and Environment   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echovirus 18; NICU; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO VIRUS; ECHOVIRUS TYPE 18; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JAPAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 41049103070     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-007-0516-x     Document Type: Article

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