Respiratory syncytial virus is present in the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 196-201

  Homaira, Nusrat ^a   Sheils, Joanne ^b   Stelzer Braid, Sacha ^a,c   Lui, Kei ^a,b   Oie, Ju Lee ^b   Snelling, Tom ^d   Jaffe, Adam ^a   Rawlinson, William ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Personnel clothing; Risk; Transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; NOSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NOSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84954357930     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24325     Document Type: Article

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