Varicella vaccination of health-care workers

Vaccine

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 765-769

  Burgess, Margaret A ^a   Cossart, Yvonne E ^b   Wilkins, T Douglas ^b   Botham, Sue ^a   Fearns, Grace ^c   Chitour, Kerim ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SmithKline Beecham International   (Australia)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Health care worker; Vaccine; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 0033605228     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(98)00260-6     Document Type: Article

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