Sims D G, Downham M A, Webb J K, Gardner P S, Weightman D
Acta Paediatr Scand. 1975 May;64(3):541-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1975.tb03877.x.
A further 18 children who acquired respiratory syncytial (R.S.) virus infection on general paediatric wards have been identified, bringing the total number of hospital cross-infections by this virus to 46 for the last 3 annual R.S. virus epidemics on Tyneside. 25 of these 46 illnesses involved the lower respiratory tract. Carriage of R.S. virus by staff and visitors was studied on one ward, and appeared to be responsible for at least 2 and probably 4 of the 6 cross-infections detected on this ward. Methods for controlling the transmission of virus by adults on children's wards are discussed.
又有18名儿童在普通儿科病房感染了呼吸道合胞病毒（R.S.），使泰恩赛德地区过去3年每年的R.S.病毒流行期间，该病毒导致的医院交叉感染总数达到46例。这46例感染中有25例涉及下呼吸道。对一个病房的医护人员和访客携带R.S.病毒的情况进行了研究，结果显示，该病房检测到的6起交叉感染中，至少有2起、可能有4起是由其导致的。文中还讨论了在儿童病房控制成人传播病毒的方法。
