Acute hepatitis b outbreaks in 2 skilled nursing facilities and possible sources of transmission: North Carolina, 2009-2010

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 709-716

  Seña, Arlene C ^a,b   Moorman, Anne ^c   Njord, Levi ^d   Williams, Roxanne E ^c   Colborn, James ^c   Khudyakov, Yury ^c   Drobenuic, Jan ^c   Xia, Guo Liang ^c   Wood, Hattie ^a   Moore, Zack ^d  

^a Durham County Health Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAND WASHING; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSULIN TREATMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOUND CARE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INSULIN; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTORS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 84878762804     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670996     Document Type: Article

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