Group A rotavirus detection on environmental surfaces in a hospital intensive care unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 544-547

  Ganime, Ana Carolina ^a   Carvalho Costa, Filipe A ^a   Mendonça, Marcos Cesar L ^a   Vieira, Carmen B ^a   Santos, Marisa ^b   Costa Filho, Rubens ^c   Miagostovich, Marize P ^a   Leite, José Paulo G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b National Cardiology of Laranjeiras   (Brazil)

^c Pro Cardiaco Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult ward; Fomites; Hospital infection; Virus biomarker

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PROTEIN VP6;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GROUP A ROTAVIRUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NSP3 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; TELEPHONE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIABILITY;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 84864658897     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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