Detection of hospital outbreaks of influenza-like illness based on excess of incidence rates compared to the community

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1325-1327

  Vanhems, Philippe ^a,b   Voirin, Nicolas ^a,b   Bénet, Thomas ^a,b   Roche, Sylvain ^a,c,d   Escuret, Vanessa ^a,e   Régis, Corinne ^a   Giard, Marine ^b   Lina, Bruno ^a,e   Comte, Brigitte ^b   Coppéré, Brigitte ^b   Ecochard, René ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^e Lyon's University Hospital Women Mother Child   (France)

Author keywords

Clusters; Nosocomial; Respiratory; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFUENZA LIKE ILLNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VIROLOGY;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84922209189     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.08.011     Document Type: Article

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