Transmission of influenza: Implications for control in health care settings

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作者
Bridges, CB
Kuehnert, MJ
Hall, CB
机构
[1] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Influenza Branch, Div Viral & Rickettsial Dis, Natl Ctr Infect Dis, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
[2] Univ Rochester, Sch Med & Dent, Dept Pediat & Med, Rochester, NY USA
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10.1086/378292
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
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Annual influenza epidemics in the United States result in an average of 136,000 deaths and 114,000 hospitalizations. Influenza can spread rapidly to patients and health care personnel in health care settings after influenza is introduced by visitors, staff, or patients. Influenza outbreaks in health care facilities can have potentially devastating consequences, particularly for immunocompromised persons. Although vaccination of health care personnel and patients is the primary means to prevent and control outbreaks of influenza in health care settings, antiviral influenza medications and isolation precautions are important adjuncts. Although droplet transmission is thought to be the primary mode of influenza transmission, limited evidence is available to support the relative clinical importance of contact, droplet, and droplet nuclei ( airborne) transmission of influenza. In this article, the results of studies on the modes of influenza transmission and their relevant isolation precautions are reviewed.
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