Transmission and effect of multiple clusters of seasonal influenza in a swiss geriatric hospital

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 739-744

  Pagani, Leonardo ^a,b   Thomas, Yves ^b   Huttner, Benedikt ^b   Sauvan, Valérie ^b   Notaridis, Grigorios ^b   Kaiser, Laurent ^b   Iten, Anne ^b   Pittet, Didier ^b   Harbarth, Stephan ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

elderly; genome sequencing; healthcare associated infection; transmission; viral disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRIDAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NOSE SMEAR; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PICORNAVIRIDAE; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SWISS; VIRUS DETECTION; WINTER; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; TRANSMISSION; VACCINATION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION;

EID: 84928411542     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13339     Document Type: Article

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