Nosocomial Vaccinia Infection

Nosocomial Vaccinia Infection

Although hospital-associated spread of vaccinia has been reported in the past, there have been no recent reports. This paper describes hospital-associated spread of vaccinia virus infection, supplies data on the environmental survival of vaccinia virus and offers recommendations for the management o...

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Published in:The Western journal of medicine Vol. 125; no. 4; pp. 266 - 270
Main Authors: Johnson, Rudolph H., Krupp, Jan R., Hoffman, Andrew R., Koplan, Jeffrey P., Nakano, James H., Merigan, Thomas C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01-10-1976
Subjects:
Adult
Cross Infection
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Vaccinia - therapy
Vaccinia - transmission
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Summary:Although hospital-associated spread of vaccinia has been reported in the past, there have been no recent reports. This paper describes hospital-associated spread of vaccinia virus infection, supplies data on the environmental survival of vaccinia virus and offers recommendations for the management of patients with vaccinia that may minimize the hazard of infection in other high-risk patients. Images
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ISSN:0093-0415
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