Nosocomial transmission of respiratory syncytial virus in neonatal intensive care and intermediate care units: A prospective epidemiologic study

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 669-670

  Berger, Angelika ^a   Obwegeser, Eva ^a   Aberle, Stephan W ^b   Langgartner, Michaela ^a   Popow Kraupp, Theresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

care unit; neonatal intensive; nosocomial transmission; PCR; respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PARENT; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

G GLYCOPROTEIN, RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PARENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 77954349687     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181d76d61     Document Type: Article

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