AN OUTBREAK OF CHICKENPOX IN A MILITARY FIELD HOSPITAL - THE IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOLOGICAL WARFARE

被引：6

作者：

HEPBURN, NC

BROOKS, TJG

机构：

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE | 1991年 / 84卷 / 12期

关键词：

CHICKEN POX; FIELD ISOLATION UNITS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE;

D O I：

10.1177/014107689108401209

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

An outbreak of chickenpox with spread to patients and staff on the isolation ward of a British field hospital during the Gulf war is described. The implications for the design and operation of field hospital isolation units should transmissible biological warfare agents be encountered in any future conflict are discussed.

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页码：721 / 722

页数：2