Diphtheria, tetanus, and varicella immunity in health care workers in neonatal units

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-147

  dos Santos, Amélia Miyashiro Nunes ^a   Ono, Erika ^a   Lobato, Renata Tonzar ^a   do Prado, Seila Israel ^a   Kopelman, Benjamin Israel ^a   Cavalcanti, Cláudia Macapani ^a   Monomi, Mary Kazume Ikezawa ^a   Weckx, Lily Yin ^a   de Moraes Pinto, Maria Isabel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; TETANUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; TETANUS; VIRUS RESISTANCE; WARD;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; CHICKENPOX; CROSS INFECTION; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TETANUS;

EID: 39749200309     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.04.283     Document Type: Article

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