Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Among Persons Undergoing Blood Glucose Monitoring in Long-Term--Care Facilities -- Mississippi, North Carolina, and Los Angeles County, California, 2003-2004.

Authors :: Webb, R.
Currier, M.
Weir, J.
McNeill, K. M.
Bancroft, E.
Dassey, D.
Maynard, J.
Terashita, D.
Simeonsson, K.
Chelminski, A.
Engel, J.
Perz, J. F.
Fiore, A. E.
Williams, I. T.
Bell, B. P.
Harrington, T.
Wheeler, C.
Source :: MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report; 3/11/2005, Vol. 54 Issue 9, p220-223, 4p
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: Describes several outbreaks of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections among residents in long-term care facilities in the U.S. in 2003 and 2004. Recommended practices for preventing patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis viruses from diabetes-care procedures; Details of performing serological tests on specimens from nursing home residents in Mississippi; Number of HBV infections that occur each year in the U.S.

Subjects :: DISEASE outbreaks
HEPATITIS B virus
NURSING home residents
INFECTIOUS disease transmission
SERODIAGNOSIS

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