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Nosocomial Viral Infections: III. Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Exanthematous Viruses, Gastroenteritis Viruses, Picornaviruses, and Uncommonly Seen Viruses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William M. Valenti ,
Jerome F. Hruska ,
Marilyn A. Menegus  and
Mary Jane Freeburn
William M. Valenti*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Program, Strong Memorial Hospital, and the Infectious Diseases Unit and Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
Jerome F. Hruska
Affiliation:
Infection Control Program, Strong Memorial Hospital, and the Infectious Diseases Unit and Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
Marilyn A. Menegus
Affiliation:
Infection Control Program, Strong Memorial Hospital, and the Infectious Diseases Unit and Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
Mary Jane Freeburn
Affiliation:
Infection Control Program, Strong Memorial Hospital, and the Infectious Diseases Unit and Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
*
University of Rochester Medical Center, Box MED, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642
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Abstract

This communication is the third in a four-part series on nosocomial viral infections from the Strong Memorial Hospital. This third article discusses guidelines for prevention and control of exanthematous viruses, gastroenteritis viruses, adenoviruses and the picornaviruses other than rhinoviruses. Several uncommonly seen viruses, such as the virus of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Marburg, Ebola, and Lassa fever viruses, also are reviewed briefly.

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Review Article
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 38 - 49
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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