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Toward a Standardized Definition of Healthcare-Associated Influenza?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Philippe Vanhems ,
Caroline Landelle  and
Thomas Bénet
Philippe Vanhems*
Affiliation:
Infection Control and Epidemiology Unit, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France; and Epidemiology and Public Health Unit, University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France
Caroline Landelle
Affiliation:
Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Thomas Bénet
Affiliation:
Infection Control and Epidemiology Unit, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France; and Epidemiology and Public Health Unit, University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France
*
Service d’Hygiène, Epidémiologie et Prévention, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 5 place d’Arsonval, 69437 Lyon cedex 03, France ([email protected]).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 8 , August 2014 , pp. 1074 - 1075
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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