An outbreak of echovirus 11 in a children's home
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An outbreak of echovirus 11 amongst neonates in a confinement home in Penang, Malaysia.
Confinement homes are private institutions that provide full-time care for newborn babies and their respective postpartum mothers up to one month after delivery. An outbreak of fever and diarrhoea amongst newborns occurred in one such confinement home in Penang between the months of September to October 2004. An outbreak investigation was carried out including all babies, their respective mothe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiology and Infection
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0950-2688,1469-4409
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268801005404