title: Nosocomial viral infections: III. Guidelines for prevention and control of exanthematous viruses, gastroenteritis viruses, picornaviruses, and uncommonly seen viruses.
abstract: This communication is the third in a four-part series on nosocomial viral infections from the Strong Memorial Hospital. This third article discusses guidelines for prevention and control of exanthematous viruses, gastroenteritis, viruses, adenoviruses and the picornaviruses other than rhinoviruses. Several uncommonly seen viruses, such as the virus of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Marburg, Ebola, and Lassa fever viruses, also are reviewed briefly.
mesh_terms: D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000517:prevention & control; D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001117:Arenaviridae Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D029043:Ebolavirus; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008379:Marburg Virus Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D008457:Measles / Q000517:prevention & control; D009107:Mumps / Q000517:prevention & control; D010321:Parvoviridae; D010356:Patient Isolation; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000517:prevention & control; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012401:Rotavirus; D012409:Rubella / Q000517:prevention & control; D012899:Smallpox / Q000517:prevention & control