Pox in the docks: Varicella outbreak in an Australian prison system

Public Health

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 446-451

  Levy, Michael H ^a   Quilty, Simon ^a   Young, Lorraine C ^a   Hunt, Wayne ^a   Matthews, Richard ^a   Robertson, Peter W ^b  

^a Long Bay Hospital   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV; Immunity; Outbreak; Prison; Quarantine; Varicella

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRISON; PRISONER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 0142150118     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(03)00138-0     Document Type: Article

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