Erratum: Impact of the use of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer in the home on reduction in probability of infection by respiratory and enteric viruses (Epidemiology and Infection (2015) DOI: 10.1017/S0950268815000035);Impact of the use of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer in the home on reduction in probability of infection by respiratory and enteric viruses

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 3335-3341

  Tamimi, A H ^a   Maxwell, S ^a   Edmonds, S L ^b   Gerba, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GOJO Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand hygiene; risk assessment; virus infection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL BASED HAND SANITIZER; HAND SANITIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC VIRUS; EXPOSURE MODEL; FREQUENCY OF TOUCHING ORIFICE; HAND SIZE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK MODEL; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GASTROENTERITIS; HAND; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ETHANOL; GASTROENTERITIS; HAND; HAND HYGIENE; HAND SANITIZERS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOROVIRUS; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINOVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84944104201     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268815001624     Document Type: Erratum

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