Prevalence of measles antibodies among health care workers in Catalonia (Spain) in the elimination era

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Urbiztondo, Luis ^a   Borràs, Eva ^a,b   Costa, Josep ^c   Broner, Sonia ^b   Campins, Magda ^d   Bayas, José María ^c   Esteve, María ^d   Domínguez, Angela ^b,c  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health care workers; MCV vaccination; Measles; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

MEASLES ANTIBODY; MEASLES VACCINE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK REDUCTION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 84883121535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-391     Document Type: Article

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