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Transmission of Scabies in a Newborn Nursery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Barbara G. Ross ,
Jennifer K. Wright-McCarthy ,
Patricia A. DeLaMora  and
Philip L. Graham III
Barbara G. Ross*
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Jennifer K. Wright-McCarthy
Affiliation:
Workforce Health and Safety, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
Patricia A. DeLaMora
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
Philip L. Graham III
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
*
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, 520 East 70th Street, Starr 525, New York, NY 10021 (bsimmons@nyp.org)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 5 , May 2011 , pp. 516 - 517
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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