Outbreak of influenza virus A/H1N1 in a hospital ward for immunocompromised patients

Archives of Virology

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1797-1802

  Grund, S ^a   Roggendorf, M ^a   Schweiger, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 78149410583     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-010-0771-4     Document Type: Article

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