Chickenpox in a swiss prison: Susceptibility, post-exposure vaccination and control measures

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 936-940

  Gétaz, Laurent ^a   Siegrist, Claire Anne ^b   Stoll, Béat ^b   Humair, Jean Paul ^a   Scherrer, Yvan ^c   Franziskakis, Constantin ^d   Sudre, Philippe ^d   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^a   Wolff, Hans ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Occupational and Environmental Medicine Service   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Security Police and Environment ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRISON; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION;

EID: 78549271185     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2010.511259     Document Type: Article

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