Nosocomial transmission of measles among healthcare workers, BULGARIA, 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Komitova, R ^a   Kunchev, A ^b   Marinova, Z ^c   Mihneva, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ST GEORGE   (Bulgaria)

^b Ministry of Health Sofia   (Bulgaria)

^c NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; DEHYDRATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; VIRUS TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 79955431681     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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