Healthcare workers and measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) status: How worried should we be about further outbreaks?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1688-1694

  Basu, S ^a   Giri, P ^a   Adisesh, A ^b   McNaught, R ^c  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Public Health England   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infectious disease control; infectious disease epidemiology; MMR vaccination; public health

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MEASLES; MUMPS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; MUMPS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902491922     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813002859     Document Type: Article

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