An outbreak of scabies in multiple linked healthcare settings in the netherlands

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1047-1050

  Ladbury, Georgia ^a,b   Morroy, Gabriella ^c   van Hoeven Dekkers, Sandra ^c   Botermans, Corine ^d   Veelenturf, Cees ^e   Bastiaens, Maarten ^d   van Abeelen, Cees ^d   Wijkmans, Clementine ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

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

^c Municipal Health Service Hart voor Brabant   (Netherlands)

^d Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^e De Wever Stichting   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIC; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCABIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SCABIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866167229     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667736     Document Type: Article

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