Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in hospitalized children in manitoba: Nosocomial transmission and lessons learned from the first wave

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 435-443

  Fanella, Sergio T ^a   Pinto, Michelle A ^a   Bridger, Natalie A ^a   Bullard, Jared M P ^a,c   Coombs, Jennifer M L ^a   Crockett, Maryanne E ^a   Olekson, Karen L R N ^b   Poliquin, Philippe G ^a   van Caeseele, Paul G ^a,c   Embree, Joanne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c CADHAM PROVINCIAL LABORATORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPY DELAY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANITOBA; OSELTAMIVIR; PANDEMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 79955488967     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659401     Document Type: Article

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