Nosocomial transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Korea

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1681-1683

  Kim, Won Young ^a   Choi, Wooyoung ^b   Park, Sun Whan ^b   Wang, Eun Byeol ^b   Lee, Won Ja ^b   Jee, Youngmee ^b   Lim, Kyoung Soo ^a   Lee, Hyun Jung ^a   Kim, Sun Mi ^a   Lee, Sang Oh ^a   Choi, Sang Ho ^a   Kim, Yang Soo ^a   Woo, Jun Hee ^a   Kim, Sung Han ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

healthcare worker; nosocomial transmission; SFTS

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEVERE FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA SYNDROME; SOUTH KOREA; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BLOOD; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMMUNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHLEBOVIRUS; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHLEBOVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84930410418     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ128     Document Type: Article

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