Seroprevalence of varicella antibodies among new house officers

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 516-519

  Alagappan, K ^a   Fu, L ^a   Strater, S ^a   Atreidis, V ^a   Auerhach, C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032939752     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(99)70338-0     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. SJ Holmes S Reef SC Handler Prevention of varicella: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 45 RR11 1996;July 12 1 36
2. H Seiler A study of herpes zoster, particularly in its relationship to chickenpox J Hyg (Lond ) 47 1949 253 262
3. A Arbeter Clinical trials of varicella vaccine in healthy adolescence and adults Infect Dis Clin North Am 10 1996 609 615
4. DJ Weber WA Rutala HH Hamilton Prevention and control of varicella-zoster infection in healthcare facilities Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 17 1996 694 705
5. SJ Alter JA Hammond CJ McVey Susceptibility to varicella-zoster virus among adults at high risk for exposure Infect Control 7 1986 448 451
6. J Weber W Rutala C Parham Impact and costs of varicella prevention in a university hospital Am J Public Health 78 1988 19 23
7. M Myers DA Rasely W Hierholzer Hospital infection control for varicella zoster virus infection Pediatrics 70 1982 199 202
8. AC Oshiro RE Begue RW Steele Varicella disease and transmission in pediatric house officers Pediatr Infec Dis J 15 1996 461 462
9. K Krasinski R Holzman R LaCouture Hospital experience with varicella zoster virus Infect Control 7 1986 312 316
10. A Ventura Varicella vaccination guidelines for adolescents and adults Am Fam Physician 55 1997 1220 1224
11. PW Kelley BP Petruccelli P Stehr-Green The susceptibility of young Americans to vaccine-preventable infections JAMA 266 1991 2724 2729
12. JP Struewing KC Hyams JE Tueller The risk of measles, mumps, and varicella among young adults: A serosurvey of US navy and marine corps recruits Am J Public Health 83 1993 1717 1720
13. DL Murray MA Lynch Determination of immune status to measles, rubella and varicella zoster virus among medical students Am J Public Health 78 1986 836 838
14. M Sayre E Lucid Management of varicella-zoster virus exposed hospital employees Ann Emerg Med 16 1987 421 424
15. P Larussa S Steinberg E Waithe Comparison of five assays for antibody to varicella-zoster virus and the fluorescent-antibody-to-membrane antigen test J Clin Microbiol 25 11 1987 2059 2062
16. D Krah Assays for antibodies to varicella zoster virus Infect Dis Clin North Am 10 1996 507 527