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The primary risk factor for human infection appears to be direct or indirect exposure to infected live or dead poultry or contaminated environments.
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They then went through them to see how many mentioned MRSA, the drug-resistant form of the infection, as a direct or contributing cause of death.
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The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control estimated, in 2009, that each year 25, 000 Europeans die as a direct consequence of a multidrug-resistant infection.
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However, experts suspect that one child acquired the infection which was subsequently spread by direct contact from child to child.
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The lead infection control nurse at the hospital, Emyr Phillips, told the inquest that the infection could only have been spread by direct contact.
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The researchers suggest that these fluctuations may have direct effects on airways. and indirect effects on inflammatory responses to infection.
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Although transmission of rhinovirus infection by way of surfaces is not as likely as transmission by direct contact with an infected person, it is important, say the researchers.
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