Rhinovirus Outbreak in a Long Term Care Facility for Elderly Persons Associated with Unusually High Mortality
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- 15 July 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 41 (2) , 262-265
- https://doi.org/10.1086/430915
Abstract
During a 6-week period in 2003, 56 residents and 26 staff developed respiratory illness in a long-term facility; 12 residents died. Seven of 13 respiKeywords
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