Exposure of Ugandan health personnel to measles and rubella: Evidence of the need for health worker vaccination

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 47-48, 2006, Pages 6924-6929

  Lewis, Rosamund F ^a   Braka, Fiona ^a   Mbabazi, William ^a   Makumbi, Issa ^b   Kasasa, Simon ^c   Nanyunja, Miriam ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Health workers; Measles; Rubella; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RUBELLA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; UGANDA; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RUBELLA; UGANDA; VACCINATION;

EID: 33846249620     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.05.126     Document Type: Article

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