Transmission of influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus in a long-term care facility in Ontario, Canada

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1300-1302

  Alexander, David C ^a   Winter, Anne Luise ^a   Eshaghi, AliReza ^a   Dooling, Kathleen ^c   Frenette, Crystal ^c   De Villa, Eileen ^c   Varia, Monali ^c   Marchand Austin, Alex ^b   Jamieson, Frances ^a   Gubbay, Jonathan B ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Peel Public Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COUGHING; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PANDEMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649915288     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657337     Document Type: Article

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