Performance of an algorithm for assessing smallpox risk among patients with rashes that may be confused with smallpox

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2008, Pages

  Hutchins, Sonja S ^a,k   Sulemana, Iddrisu ^a   Heilpern, Katherine L ^c   Schaffner, William ^d   Wax, Gary ^f   Lerner, E Brooke ^g   Watson, Barbara ^h   Baltimore, Robert ^j   Waltenburg, Rachel A ^c   Aronsky, Dominik ^d   Coffin, Susan ^h   Ng, Gladys ^j   Craig, Allen S ^e   Behrman, Amy ⁱ   Meek, James ^j   Sherman, Eileen ^h   Chavez, Sandra S ^a   Harpaz, Rafael ^a   Schmid, Scott ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

ⁱ HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMALLPOX; VESICULAR RASH; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMALLPOX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41649115486     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524383     Document Type: Article

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