Investigation of an outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A virus (H1N1) infections among healthcare personnel in a Chicago hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 611-615

  Magill, Shelley S ^a   Black, Stephanie R ^b   Wise, Matthew E ^a   Kallen, Alexander J ^a   Lee, Soo Jeong ^a,d   Gardner, Tracie ^a,c   Husain, Farah ^a   Srinivasan, Arjun ^a   Gerber, Susan I ^b,e   Jhung, Michael ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Alaska Division of Public Health   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHICAGO; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANDEMICS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957948804     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660097     Document Type: Article

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