Results from the first 12 months of the National Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Outbreaks in Germany, 2011/2012

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Haller, Sebastian ^a,b,c   Eckmanns, Tim ^a   Benzler, Justus ^a   Tolksdorf, Kristin ^a   Claus, Hermann ^a   Gilsdorf, Andreas ^a   Sin, Muna Abu ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Postgraduate Training for Applied Epidemiology PAE   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GERMANY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; KLEBSIELLA; MANDATORY REPORTING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NOROVIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WARD; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GERMANY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902147346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098100     Document Type: Article

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