Influenza vaccination of healthcare workers in acute-care hospitals: A case-control study of its effect on hospital-acquired influenza among patients

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bénet, Thomas ^a,b   Régis, Corinne ^b   Voirin, Nicolas ^a,b   Robert, Olivier ^a   Lina, Bruno ^b,c   Cronenberger, Silene ^a   Comte, Brigitte ^a   Coppéré, Brigitte ^a   Vanhems, Philippe ^a,b  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFLUENZA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION; CROSS INFECTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HOSPITAL; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84857784978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-30     Document Type: Article

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