Survival of influenza virus on human fingers

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Thomas, Y ^a   Boquete Suter, P ^a   Koch, D ^b   Pittet, D ^a   Kaiser, L ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fingers; H1N1 2009; Influenza; Transmission; Viral stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS SURVIVAL;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

FINGERS; H1N1 2009; INFLUENZA; TRANSMISSION; VIRAL STABILITY;

ANIMALS; DOGS; FINGERS; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MADIN DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELLS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

EID: 84890795318     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12324     Document Type: Article

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