A human metapneumovirus outbreak at a community hospital in England, july to september 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Degail, M A ^a,b   Hughes, G J ^a   Maule, C ^c   Holmes, C ^c   Lilley, M ^d   Pebody, R ^a   Bonnet, J ^c   Bermingham, A ^a   Bracebridge, S ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c Hertfordshire   (United Kingdom)

^d Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84862836975     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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