Investigation and successful control of an echovirus 11 outbreak in neonatal intensive care units

• Main Authors: Sheng-Yuan Ho (Author), Cheng-Hsun Chiu (Author), Yhu-Chering Huang (Author), Chih-Jung Chen (Author), Reyin Lien (Author), Shih-Ming Chu (Author), Chung-Guei Huang (Author), Kuo-Chien Tsao (Author), Shin-Ru Shih (Author), Jen-Fu Hsu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Echovirus 11 emerged as a predominant enterovirus strain and was associated with neonatal mortalities in Taiwan in 2018. We investigated an echovirus 11 outbreak in the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in a tertiary hospital in northern Taiwan and analyzed infection control efforts....