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Influenza outbreaks in aged‐care facilities: staff vaccination and the emerging use of antiviral therapy
Author(s) -
Guy Rebecca J,
Di Natale Richard,
Tobin Sean,
Robinson Priscilla M,
Tallis Graham,
Kelly Heath A,
Lambert Stephen B,
Hampson Alan W
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06129.x
Subject(s) - communicable disease , medicine , population , outbreak , health care , public health , family medicine , management , library science , nursing , environmental health , political science , virology , law , computer science , economics
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 21 June 2004 180 12 640-642 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www.mja.com.au Lessons from Practice staff working at the facility (median age, 46 years; range, 29–64 years) (Box 1). The index case (Visitor A) was an 86-year-old woman who regularly visited her husband (Resident A) at the ACF. Visitor A developed respiratory symptoms on 26 Dec 2001 (Day 0), was hospitalised with fever and Clinical records