Nosocomial transmission of undetected, imported measles in Taiwan, 2008

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1026-1028

  Lee, Susan Shin Jung ^a,d   Ke, Chin Mei ^b   Cheng, Ming Fang ^c,d   Chen, Ju Hsin ^a   Lin, Li Jen ^c,e   Hung, Min Nan ^c,e   Chao, Hsueh Lan ^b   Li, Ching Hsien ^b   Lu, Hui Hua ^b   Huang, Yu Hsiu ^b   Chen, Yueh Ju ^b,e   Sy, Cheng Len ^a,b,d   Wu, Kuan Sheng ^a,b,d   Chen, Jui Kuang ^a,d   Tsai, Hung Chin ^a,b,d   Chen, Yao Shen ^a,b,d,f  

^a Section of Infectious Diseases   (Taiwan)

^b Infection Control Unit   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; TAIWAN; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; TAIWAN; TRAVEL;

EID: 70350093960     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/606044     Document Type: Article

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