Utilization of the Public Health Ordinance to prevent nosocomial spread in a case of acute measles-associated psychosis

Utilization of the Public Health Ordinance to prevent nosocomial spread in a case of acute measles-associated psychosis

Abstract Measles is a highly contagious disease. A 24 years old patient, recently exposed to measles (unvaccinated), presented in the emergency department with severe agitation, compatible with an acute psychotic episode, during the measles epidemic which spread in Israel in 2018–2019. Upon hospital...

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Main Authors: Chen Stein-Zamir, Nitza Abramson, Hagit Sonnenfeld-Alroey, Jacob Charnes, Dana Eckstein, Aryeh Dienstag, Dana Wolf, Allon E. Moses, Yoram G. Weiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
Subjects:
Measles
The public health ordinance
Measles complications
Nosocomial infection
Isolation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-020-00435-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-020-00435-9

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