Infection control and MERS-CoV in health-care workers

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9932, 2014, Pages 1869-1871

  Zumla, Alimuddin ^a   Hui, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; MANUAL VENTILATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TRACHEOTOMY; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; AEROSOL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE SEVERITY; GLOVE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SURGICAL MASK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84901832669     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60852-7     Document Type: Note

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