Occupational Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Following Needle-Stick Injury

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 760-762

  Chen, Yuxin ^a   Jia, Bei ^b   Huang, Rui ^a   Yan, Xiaomin ^a   Xiong, Yali ^a   Yong, Liu ^a   Chao, Wu ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHINA; DECREASED APPETITE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LETTER; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NAUSEA; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NEUTROPENIA; NURSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; COMPLICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHLEBOVIRUS; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHINA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PHLEBOVIRUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 85020550997     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.61     Document Type: Letter

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