Risk factors for cytomegalovirus seropositivity in a population of day care educators in Montréal, Canada

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 564-567

  Joseph, Serene A ^a   Beliveau, Claire ^b   Muecke, Cristin J ^c   Rahme, Elham ^c   Soto, Julio C ^d   Flowerdew, Gordon ^a   Johnston, Lynn ^a   Langille, Donald ^a   Gyorkos, Theresa W ^c,e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CCISD   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; Cytomegalovirus; Day care educators; Occupational risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DAY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUEBEC; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 28044467942     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi121     Document Type: Article

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