An unusual respiratory syncytial virus nosocomial outbreak in an adult psychiatry ward

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-62

  Huang, Fang Liang ^a   Chen, Po Yen ^a   Shi, Zhi Yuan ^a   Chan, Chin Hong ^a   Huang, Shui King ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NAN KAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSING CARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 63149175337     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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