Pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: Risk of infection in primary healthcare workers

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 611, 2013, Pages

  Hudson, Ben ^a   Toop, Les ^a   Mangin, Dee ^a   Brunton, Cheryl ^a   Jennings, Lance ^a   Fletcher, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

H1N1 subtype; Influenza A virus; Pandemics; Primary care; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PANDEMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878471219     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X668212     Document Type: Article

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