Journal article
Risk Factors for Influenza among Health Care Workers during 2009 Pandemic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Volume 19, Number 4—April 2013 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Abstract
This prospective cohort study, performed during the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic, was aimed to determine whether adults working in acute care hospitals were at higher risk than other working adults for influenza and to assess risk factors for influenza among health care workers (HCWs). We assessed the risk for influenza among 563 HCWs and 169 non-HCWs using PCR to test nasal swab samples collected during acute respiratory illness; results …
Authors
Kuster SP; Coleman BL; Raboud J; McNeil S; De Serres G; Gubbay J; Hatchette T; Katz KC; Loeb M; Low D
Journal
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 606–615
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Publication Date
April 2013
DOI
10.3201/eid1904.111812
ISSN
1080-6040