Japan - Influenza AH3 - Nosocomial infection? at Iwase general hospital - 34 infected

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16 Nov., publicly announced

10 persons and 24 staffs infected at Iwase general hospital
They are not serious conditions
21 patients were positive by simple-test, detected A/H3 from 8 patients by PCR

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Iwase general hospital, Sugakawa city, Fukushima prefecture
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Japan - Influenza H3N2 - Nosocomial infection at Iwase general hospital - 47 finally infected

26 Nov., publicly announced

16 inpatients and 31 staffs infected at Iwase general hospital
They were not serious conditions
H3N2 was detected from 8/10 inpatients by PCR

09 Nov., the first infected
25 Nov., Nosocomial infection has been stamped out

Fukushima Prefecture concluded that this case is the Nosocomial infection

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