Letter to the editor: Is there a need for special treatment of refugees at hospital admission?

Jan Walter; Sebastian Haller; Julia Hermes; Mardjan Arvand; Muna Abu Sin; Tim Eckmanns

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Letter to the editor: Is there a need for special treatment of refugees at hospital admission?
Jan Walter¹ , Sebastian Haller¹ , Julia Hermes¹ , Mardjan Arvand² , Muna Abu Sin¹ , Tim Eckmanns¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Unit for Nosocomial Infections, Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance and Consumption, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany ² Unit for Applied Infection Control and Hospital Hygiene, Department for Infectious Disease, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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Citation style for this article: Walter Jan, Haller Sebastian, Hermes Julia, Arvand Mardjan, Abu Sin Muna, Eckmanns Tim. Letter to the editor: Is there a need for special treatment of refugees at hospital admission?. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(7):pii=30137. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.7.30137 Received: 10 Feb 2016; Accepted: 18 Feb 2016

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