Clusters of respiratory tract infections and alert strategy in nursing homes;Cas groupés d'infections respiratoires aiguës et stratégie d'alerte en institutions de personnes âgées

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 253-261

  Gaspard, P ^a   Mosnier, A ^b   Cohen, J M ^b   Gunther, D ^a   Roth, C ^a   Stoll Keller, F ^c   Gayet, S ^d   Bertrand, X ^e   Talon, D ^e  

^a Centre Hospitalier de Rouffach   (France)

^b Coordination nationale du réseau des GROG ^*  (France)

^c Institut de virologie   (France)

^d HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; G riatrie; Geriatrics; Grippe; Infection respiratoire aigu ; Influenza; Respiratory syncytial virus; Virus respiratoire syncitial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NOSE SMEAR; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; THROAT CULTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79955851381     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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