Viral haemorrhagic fevers in healthcare settings

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 185-192

  Ftika, L ^a   Maltezou, H C ^a  

^a Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever; Ebola; Nosocomial; Outbreak; Viral haemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LASSA FEVER; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; NONHUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 84874247682     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.10.013     Document Type: Review

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