Viral respiratory infections in a nursing home: a six-month prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The knowledge on viral respiratory infections in nursing home (NH) residents and their caregivers is limited. The purpose of the present study was to assess and compare the incidence of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in nursing home (NH) residents and staff, to identify viruses involved in ARI and to correlate viral etiology with clinical manifestations of ARI.

Methods

The prospective surveillance study was accomplished in a medium-sized NH in Slovenia (central Europe). Ninety NH residents and 42 NH staff were included. Nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from all participants at enrollment (December 5th, 2011) and at the end of the study (May 31st, 2012), and from each participant that developed ARI within this timeframe. Molecular detection of 15 respiratory

SUBMITTER: Ursic T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5097393 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature