hospital maid: a worker at risk of contracting swine flu

Hospital maid: a worker at risk of contracting swine flu.

Pre-clinical year medical students: at-risk of contracting swine flu.

To the Editor—Medical personnel constitute an important group at high risk of getting swine flu.1 Among medical personnel, medical students seem to be at higher risk of infection due to their lack of experience.2 I would like to report a case demonstrating that medical students in their preclinical years are also at risk of getting swine flu but are a forgotten group. An 18-year-old male presen...

A Laundry Maid and a Hospital Epidemic

were altogether 21. Numerous precautions were taken, the infected infants were isolated, special nurses were detailed for their exclusive nursing, the use of a common bathroom for the infants was discontinued, the bath water was medicated with antiseptics, and various other measures were taken but without the slightest result. The epidemic continued to spread to different wards and different st...

Swine origin influenza (swine flu).

Swine origin influenza was first recognized in the border area of Mexico and United States in April 2009 and during a short span of two months became the first pandemic. The currently circulating strain of swine origin influenza virus of the H1N1 strain has undergone triple reassortment and contains genes from the avian, swine and human viruses. It is transmitted by droplets or fomites. Incubat...

Swine Flu -A Comprehensive View

The present article is aimed on comprehensive view of Swine flu. It was first isolated from pigs in 1930 in USA. Pandemic caused by H1N1 in 2009 brought it in limelight. It’s a viral respiratory disease caused by viruses that infects pigs, resulting in nasal secretions, barking cough, decreased appetite, and listless behavior. Swine virus consist of eight RNA strands, one strand derived from hu...

swine flu and industrial hygiene

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