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Outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection in a Nursing School in Hong Kong

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christopher K. C. Lai ,
K. L. Cheng ,
S. Y. Lee ,
H. K. Siu  and
Dominic N. C. Tsang
Christopher K. C. Lai*
Affiliation:
Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China
K. L. Cheng
Affiliation:
Infection Control Team, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China
S. Y. Lee
Affiliation:
Infection Control Team, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China
H. K. Siu
Affiliation:
Infection Control Team, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China
Dominic N. C. Tsang
Affiliation:
Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China
*
Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 11/F, Block M, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong KongSpecial Administration Region, China, (laikcc@ha.org.hk)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , June 2010 , pp. 653 - 655
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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