Low measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine uptake in hospital healthcare worker contacts following suspected mumps infection

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-92

  Williams, C J ^a   Liebowitz, L D ^b   Levene, J ^b   Nair, P ^a  

^a Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Health Protection Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LETTER; MUMPS;

EID: 77955513478     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.03.011     Document Type: Letter

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