Transmission of adenovirus serotype 14 in the health care setting

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1935-1936

  Yun, Heather C ^a,b   Prakash, Vidhya ^a  

^a San Antonio Military Pediatric Center   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS 14; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DELIRIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46249112184     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588558     Document Type: Letter

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