Susceptibility of healthcare workers to measles, mumps rubella and varicella

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-135

  Fedeli, U ^a   Zanetti, C ^a   Saia, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Measles; Mumps; Rubella; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNITY WARD; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; ONCOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITALY; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; MUMPS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RUBELLA;

EID: 0036595939     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1222     Document Type: Article

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