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How easily can a 6 year old child catch a hospital acquired infection from visiting at the hospital?
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Depends:: Flu, whooping cough, measles or chickenpox (if unvaccinated) - easily. Hiv - almost impossible. Mrsa and diarrhea - somewhere in the middle.
Answered 4/27/2012
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