Cross-infection of adenovirus among medical staff: A warning from the intensive care unit in a tertiary care teaching hospital in China
Rationale: In 2019, a small HAdV55-associated outbreak of adenovirus infection occurred among the intensive care unit (ICU) staff in Xiangya Hospital of Central South University in Hunan Province, China, during the treatment of a patient. Objective: To investigate the characteristics of a nosocomial...
Main Authors: | Minhui Dai, Yanhao Wu, Hongyi Tan, Jing Deng, Maodan Hou, Wenzhong Peng, Guo Chen, Yi Li, Haitao Li, Pinhua Pan, Jingmei Lu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-09-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220305385 |
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