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Characteristics of human metapneumovirus infection prevailing in hospital wards housing patients with severe disabilities.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2013
Matsuda Shunji, Nakamura Masako, Hirano Eiko, Kiyota Naoko, Omura Tamaki, Suzuki Yumi, Noda Masahiro, Kimura Hirokazu
Abstract excerpt
Epidemics of infectious diseases often occur at long-term inpatient facilities for patients with severe motor and intellectual disabilities. However, the pathogens causing these infections remain unknown in approximately half of such epidemics. Two epidemics of respiratory tract infection occurred in 2 wards in the National Hospital Organization Ehime Hospital (prevalence 1, 34 infected out of 59 inpatients in...
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