Outbreak of skin lesions among high school wrestlers — arizona, 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 559-560

  Williams, Candice ^a   Wells, Jamie ^a   Klein, Ronald ^b   Sylvester, Tammy ^b   Sunenshine, Rebecca ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Disease Control Division Maricopa County Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SCHOOL; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TINEA; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; WRESTLING;

ARIZONA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SCHOOLS; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TINEA; WRESTLING;

EID: 84931092468     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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