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Implementation of an Infection Control Bundle in a School to Reduce Transmission of Influenza-Like Illness during the Novel Influenza A 2009 H1N1 Pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Piyaporn Apisarnthanarak
Affiliation:
Pratumthani, and Department of Radiology, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Boonsri Cheevakumjorn
Affiliation:
Kindergarten Division, Satit School of Rangsit University, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Linda M. Mundy
Affiliation:
LM Mundy, LLC, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand12120 (anapisarn@yahoo.com)
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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