Immunity against infectious diseases: Predictive value of self-reported history of vaccination and disease

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 564-569

  Trevisan, Andrea ^a   Frasson, Clara ^a   Morandin, Marta ^a   Beggio, Michela ^a   Bruno, Alberto ^a   Davanzo, Elisabetta ^a   Di Marco, Livio ^a   Simioni, Livio ^b   Amato, Guglielmo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Service of Preventive Medicine for Healthcare Workers   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; MEASLES; MUMPS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUBELLA; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CHICKENPOX; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ITALY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 34249287298     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516657     Document Type: Article

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