An outbreak of chickenpox in a military field hospital--the implications for biological warfare

An outbreak of chickenpox in a military field hospital--the implications for biological warfare

An outbreak of chickenpox with spread to patients and staff on the isolation ward of a British field hospital during the Gulf war is described. The implications for the design and operation of field hospital isolation units should transmissible biological warfare agents be encountered in any future...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1991-12, Vol.84 (12), p.721-722
Hauptverfasser: Hepburn, N C, Brooks, T J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Biological Warfare
Chickenpox - epidemiology
Chickenpox - prevention & control
Chickenpox - transmission
Disease Outbreaks
Facility Design and Construction
Hospitals, Military
Humans
Kuwait
Military Personnel
Patient Isolation - methods
Retrospective Studies
United Kingdom
Warfare
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Zusammenfassung:An outbreak of chickenpox with spread to patients and staff on the isolation ward of a British field hospital during the Gulf war is described. The implications for the design and operation of field hospital isolation units should transmissible biological warfare agents be encountered in any future conflict are discussed.
ISSN:0141-0768
1758-1095
DOI:10.1177/014107689108401209