The impact of infection control upon hospital-acquired influenza and respiratory syncytial virus

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 297-303

  Weedon, Kathryn M ^a,b   Rupp, Angela H ^a   Heffron, Annie C ^a   Kelly, Sinead Forkan ^a   Zheng, Xiaotian ^a   Shulman, Stanford T ^a   Gutman, Peggy ^a   Wang, Deli ^c   Zhou, Ying ^c   Noskin, Gary A ^a   Anderson, Evan J ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired infections; Hospital acquired infections; Nosocomial; Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER;

CHICAGO; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES;

EID: 84875457811     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.726738     Document Type: Article

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