Respiratory Syncytial Virus Epidemiology
Researchers at Royal Free and University College, Windeyer Institute of Medical Science target respiratory syncytial virus epidemiology
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 10th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report "Molecular investigations of an outbreak of parainfluenza virus type 3 and respiratory syncytial virus infections in a hematology unit." According to a study from London, the United Kingdom, "A large simultaneous outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and parainfluenza type 3 (PIV-3) infections occurred on an adult hematology unit. Implementation of enhanced infection control was complicated by cocirculation of the two different viruses, with prolonged viral shedding from infected patients, and placed great pressure on health care staff; of 27 infected hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients, 9 died, and the unit was closed for 2...
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