Occupational transmission of Neisseria meningitidis --- California, 2009

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 59, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 1480-1483

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ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POLICE; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POLICE; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 78649478727     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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