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Routes of transmission during a nosocomial influenza A(H3N2) outbreak among geriatric patients and healthcare workers.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Mar 2014
Eibach D, Casalegno J-S, Bouscambert M, Bénet T, Regis C, Comte B, Kim B-A, Vanhems P, Lina B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Influenza presents a life-threatening infection for hospitalized geriatric patients, who might be nosocomially infected via healthcare workers (HCWs), other patients or visitors. In the 2011/2012 influenza season an influenza A(H3N2) outbreak occurred in the geriatric department at the Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon. AIM: To clarify the transmission chain for this influenza A(H3N2) outbreak by sequence...
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