An outbreak of human Rhinovirus-A21 infection in a psychiatric ward during COVID-19 pandemic

A cluster of acute respiratory illnesses involving 12 inpatients and 3 healthcare workers occurred in a psychiatric ward. Eight of them were identified as HRV-A21. Fever and cough were the most common symptoms. The study also provides further evidence of the impact of HRV on lower respiratory tract...

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Autores principales: Chen, Lung-Chiung, Chiu, Chih-Chien, Chang, Fu-Mei, Wu, Pei-Yuan, Yang, Shu-Li, Huang, Chung-Guei, Huang, Yhu-Chering
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taiwan Society of Microbiology. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. 2022
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9365704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35995670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmii.2022.07.007
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Sumario:A cluster of acute respiratory illnesses involving 12 inpatients and 3 healthcare workers occurred in a psychiatric ward. Eight of them were identified as HRV-A21. Fever and cough were the most common symptoms. The study also provides further evidence of the impact of HRV on lower respiratory tract illness.

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