Impact of visitors and hospital staff on nosocomial transmission and spread to community

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 356, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-29

  Hsieh, Ying Hen ^a   Liu, Junli ^b   Tzeng, Yun Huei ^a   Wu, Jianhong ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b XI'AN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Disease persistence; Nonsocomial infection; Pertussis; Transmission rate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DYNAMICS; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EQUILIBRIUM STABILITY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSOCOMIAL TRANSMISSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SIMULATION; WAITING RECEPTION AREA; WAITING TIME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROSS INFECTION; TIME; TRANSMISSION;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899980753     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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