Risk factors for influenza among health care workers during 2009 pandemic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 606-615

  Kuster, Stefan P ^a   Coleman, Brenda L ^a,b   Raboud, Janet ^b   McNeil, Shelly ^c   De Serres, Gaston ^d   Gubbay, Jonathan ^e   Hatchette, Todd ^c   Katz, Kevin C ^b,h   Loeb, Mark ^f   Low, Donald ^a,b,e   Mazzulli, Tony ^a,b   Simor, Andrew ^b,g   McGeer, Allison J ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION;

AEROSOL; CANADA; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH CARE WORKER; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; RESPIRATORY; RISK; TRANSMISSION; VENTILATION; VIRUS; VIRUSES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; ONTARIO; PANDEMICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875305575     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1904.111812     Document Type: Article

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