Possible role of aerosol transmission in a hospital outbreak of influenza

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1176-1183

  Wong, Bonnie C K ^a   Lee, Nelson ^a   Li, Yuguo ^b   Chan, Paul K S ^a   Qiu, Hong ^a   Luo, Zhiwen ^b   Lai, Raymond W M ^a   Ngai, Karry L K ^a   Hui, David S C ^a   Choi, K W ^a   Yu, Ignatius T S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78349238585     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656743     Document Type: Article

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