Infection control preparedness for human infection with influenza a H7N9 in Hong Kong

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-92

  Cheng, Vincent C C ^a   Tai, Josepha W M ^a   Lee, W M ^a   Chan, W M ^a   Wong, Sally C Y ^a   Chen, Jonathan H K ^a   Poon, Rosana W S ^a   To, Kelvin K W ^a   Chan, Jasper F W ^a   Ho, P L ^a   Chan, K H ^a   Yuen, K Y ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; INTERVIEW; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SURGICAL MASK; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GAS MASK; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OSELTAMIVIR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922820210     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.2     Document Type: Article

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