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. 1997 Nov;18(11):778-80.
doi: 10.1086/647538.

Rate of seasonal spread of respiratory syncytial virus in a pediatric hospital

M L McLaws  1 , C Murphy, P Taylor, M Ferson, J Gold, R Donnellan, D Dalton
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Rate of seasonal spread of respiratory syncytial virus in a pediatric hospital

M L McLaws et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1997 Nov.

Abstract

The rate of nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection was measured in a large pediatric hospital using an incidence density method. The at-risk days for nosocomial RSV were summed during a defined winter period in which there were 54 admissions with community-acquired RSV infection giving a rate of 2.9 cases per 1,000 at-risk days (95% confidence interval, 0.3-5.4 per 1,000).

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