High effectiveness of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) vaccination in healthcare workers from a Portuguese hospital

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 747-752

  Costa, José Torres ^a,b   Silva, Rui ^a,b   Tavares, Margarida ^a,b   Nienhaus, Albert ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Pandemic influenza A H1N1; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PORTUGAL; RNA, VIRAL; VACCINATION;

TIPULA IRIDESCENT VIRUS;

EID: 84866731686     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-011-0714-8     Document Type: Article

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