Routes of transmission during a nosocomial influenza A(H3N2) outbreak among geriatric patients and healthcare workers

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 188-193

  Eibach, D ^a,b   Casalegno, J S ^a   Bouscambert, M ^a   Benet T ^c,d   Regis, C ^c,d   Comte, B ^c   Kim, B A ^c   Vanhems, P ^c,d   Lina, B ^a  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Healthcare worker; Influenza; Nosocomial infection; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; INFLUENZA VACCINE; SIALIDASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS CULTURE;

HEALTHCARE WORKER; INFLUENZA; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; OUTBREAK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEURAMINIDASE; PHYLOGENY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895892361     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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