Transmission of varicella-zoster virus originating from a patient with localized herpes zoster: Implications for infection control?

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 669-670

  Cholongitas, Evangelos ^a,b   Ilonidis, George ^b  

^a General Hospital of Sitia   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BATH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COOLING; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURITUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77957121834     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.02.010     Document Type: Letter

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