A cluster of primary varicella cases among healthcare workers with false-positive varicella zoster virus titers

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 202-206

  Behrman, Amy J ^a   Schmid, D Scott ^b   Crivaro, Anne ^a   Watson, Barbara ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Division of Disease Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SAMPLING; SCREENING; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0037348821     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502187     Document Type: Article

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