A global perspective of vaccination of healthcare personnel against measles: Systematic review

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 4823-4839

  Fiebelkorn, Amy Parker ^a   Seward, Jane F ^a   Orenstein, Walter A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare personnel; Measles; Measles transmission; Measles vaccine policy; MMR vaccine; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COST; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION; VACCINATION;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84906060528     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.11.005     Document Type: Review

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