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Nosocomial Infections
Study findings on nosocomial infections are outlined in reports from University of Tokyo
December 9th, 2008
"Nosocomial infection (i.e. infection in healthcare facilities) raises a serious public health problem, as implied by the existence of pathogens characteristic to healthcare facilities such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and hospital-mediated outbreaks of influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome. For general communities, epidemic modeling based on social networks is being recognized as a useful tool," scientists in Hongo, Japan report. "However, disease propagation may occur in a healthcare facility in a manner different from that in a urban community setting due to different network architecture. We simulate stochastic...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-09)
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