Increased susceptibility to varicella-zoster virus among Israeli physicians and nurses born in the Middle-East region

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 246-252

  Chodick, Gabriel ^a,b,c   Ashkenazi, Shai ^a,b   Livni, Gilat ^b   Lerman, Yehuda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Origin; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 33750514398     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13419145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.48.246     Document Type: Article

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