Implementation of an infection control bundle in a school to reduce transmission of influenza-like illness during the novel influenza a 2009 H1N1 pandemic

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 310-311

  Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^a   Apisarnthanarak, Piyaporn ^c   Cheevakumjorn, Boonsri ^b   Mundy, Linda M ^d  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b RANGSIT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Thailand and LM Mundy LLC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CHILD CARE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LETTER; PANDEMIC; SCHOOL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; THAILAND;

EID: 77249143919     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651063     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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