Serological survey of mumps immunity among healthcare workers in Connecticut, December 2006-May 2007

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-203

  Mohammad, Amir ^a,c   Trape, Marcia ^a   Khan, Yosef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUMPS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MALE; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849086676     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593966     Document Type: Letter

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