Uptake and effectiveness of monovalent influenza A (H1N1) pandemic 2009 vaccine among healthcare personnel in Kenya, 2010

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 4662-4667

  Njuguna, Henry ^a   Ahmed, Jamal ^a   Oria, Prisca A ^b   Arunga, Geoffrey ^b   Williamson, John ^a   Kosgey, Abigael ^b   Muthoka, Philip ^c   Mott, Joshua A ^a   Breiman, Robert F ^a   Katz, Mark A ^a  

^a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Influenza; Kenya; Personnel; Uptake; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ABSENTEEISM; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HEALTHCARE; INFLUENZA; KENYA; PERSONNEL; UPTAKE; VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883598910     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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