Letter to the editor. Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles in healthcare workers - vaccination should be revisited

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 41, 2010, Pages 1-

  Botelho Nevers, E ^a   Chevereau, L ^a   Brouqui, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

COUGHING; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; MUMPS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RUBELLA; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS KERATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GAS MASK; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATITIS; NOTE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; KERATITIS; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; VACCINATION;

EID: 78049497324     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.41.19687-en     Document Type: Letter

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