학술논문
Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Among Persons Undergoing Blood Glucose Monitoring in Long-Term--Care Facilities -- Mississippi, North Carolina, and Los Angeles County, California, 2003-2004.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*DISEASE outbreaks
*HEPATITIS B virus
*NURSING home patients
*INFECTIOUS disease transmission
*SERODIAGNOSIS
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ISSN
0149-2195
Abstract
Describes several outbreaks of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections among residents in long-term care facilities in the U.S. in 2003 and 2004. Recommended practices for preventing patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis viruses from diabetes-care procedures; Details of performing serological tests on specimens from nursing home residents in Mississippi; Number of HBV infections that occur each year in the U.S.