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Nosocomial Transmission of Undetected, Imported Measles in Taiwan, 2008

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Susan Shin-Jung Lee ,
Chin-Mei Ke ,
Ming-Fang Cheng ,
Ju-Hsin Chen ,
Li-Jen Lin ,
Min-Nan Hung ,
Hsueh-Lan Chao ,
Ching-Hsien Li ,
Hui-Hua Lu  and
Yu Hsiu Huang
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Susan Shin-Jung Lee
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Chin-Mei Ke
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung
Ming-Fang Cheng
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Ju-Hsin Chen
Affiliation:
Center for Disease Control, Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Li-Jen Lin
Affiliation:
Center for Disease Control, Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Min-Nan Hung
Affiliation:
Center for Disease Control, Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Hsueh-Lan Chao
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung
Ching-Hsien Li
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung
Hui-Hua Lu
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung
Yu Hsiu Huang
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung
Yueh-Ju Chen
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung
Cheng-Len Sy
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Kuan-Sheng Wu
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Jui-Kuang Chen
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Hung-Chin Tsai
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Yao-Shen Chen*
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
*
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (, [email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 10 , October 2009 , pp. 1026 - 1028
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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