Clusters of infectious diseases in German nursing homes - observations from a prospective infection surveillance study, October 2008 to august 2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Schulz, M ^a   Mielke, M ^a   Wischnewski, N ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 79959430615     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.22.19881-en     Document Type: Article

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