Outbreaks of human metapneumovirus in two skilled nursing facilities - West Virginia and Idaho, 2011-2012

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 62, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 910-913

  Ibrahim, Sherif ^a   Scott, Melissa ^a   Bixler, Danae ^a   Pedersen, Randi ^b   Tripp, Jennifer ^b   Carter, Kris ^c   Erdman, Dean ^d   Schneider, Eileen ^d   Britton, Carla ^e  

^a West Virginia Bur for Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b Southwest District Health   (United States)

^c Idaho Department of Health and Welfare   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PARAMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDAHO; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84888084819     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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