Influenza fever restrictions for healthcare workers and pandemic planning: Time for reappraisal

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1248-

  Mermel, Leonard A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUGHING; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PANDEMIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; SORE THROAT; TEMPERATURE; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING; COMPLICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

FEVER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958531628     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.173     Document Type: Article

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