Measles immunity and measles vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers in Paris, France

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-43

  Freund, R ^a   Krivine, A ^b   Prevost V ^b   Cantin, D ^c   Aslangul, E ^c   Avril, M F ^b   Claessens, Y E ^b   Rozenberg, F ^b   Casetta, A ^b   Baixench, M T ^b   Dumaine, V ^b   Launay, O ^a   Loulergue, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Institut Cochin   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Immunization; Screening; Seroepidemiology; Vaccine coverage

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEASLES ANTIBODY; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDWIFE; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STUDENT; PHARMACY STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; SCREENING; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; PARIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876336083     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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