Detection of measles virus RNA in air and surface specimens in a hospital setting

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 600-603

  Bischoff, Werner E ^a   Mcnall, Rebecca J ^b   Blevins, Maria W ^a   Turner, JoLyn ^a   Lopareva, Elena N ^b   Rota, Paul A ^b   Stehle, John R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

aerosol; exposure; infection prevention; infectious period; measles; transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOMITE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VENTILATOR; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS VIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOMITES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEASLES VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960154573     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv465     Document Type: Article

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