Outbreak of acute hepatitis B virus infections associated with podiatric care at a psychiatric long-term care facility

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-21

  Wise, Matthew E ^a,b   Marquez, Patricia ^c   Sharapov, Umid ^b   Hathaway, Susan ^c   Katz, Kenneth ^b   Tolan, Scott ^b   Beaton, Alina ^d   Drobeniuc, Jan ^b   Khudyakov, Yury ^b   Hu, Dale J ^b   Perz, Joseph ^a   Thompson, Nicola D ^b   Bancroft, Elizabeth ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^d OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Nursing homes; Podiatry; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PODIATRY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856541536     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.04.331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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