Susceptibility to varicella among health care workers. Acceptability and response to vaccination;Susceptibilidad a la varicela en personal sanitario. Aceptación y respuesta a la vacunación

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 340-345

  García Basteiro, Alberto L ^a   Bayas, José María ^a   Campins, Magda ^b   Torres, Miquel ^a   Serra, Consol ^c,d   Varela, Pilar ^e,f   Barbé, Esther ^g   Vidal, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c Servicio de Prevención HHSCJ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e Servicio de Oncología Médica   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Predictive value; Prevalence; Spain; Susceptibility; Vaccine; Varicella; Zoster

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; CHICKENPOX; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEROCONVERSION; SIBLING; SPAIN; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 80052808922     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.11.035     Document Type: Article

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