Rubella seronegativity among health care workers in a tertiary care north Indian hospital: Implications for immunization policy

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-150

  Singh, Mini P ^a   Chatterjee, Shiv S ^a   Singh, Randhir ^a   Goyal, Kapil ^a   Ratho, Radha K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Health care workers; immunization; rubella

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPLOYMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; RUBELLA; SERODIAGNOSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS INFECTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIA; MALE; PREGNANCY; RUBELLA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885398921     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.118704     Document Type: Article

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