Corrigendum to: Implication of health care personnel in measles transmission: The need for updated immunization status in the move towards eradication of measles in Catalonia (Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 11, 1, (288-292), DOI: 10.4161/hv.36166);Implication of health care personnel in measles transmission

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 288-292

  Torner, Núria ^a,b,c   Solano, Ruben ^b,c   Rius, Cristina ^b,d   Domínguez, Angela ^b,c  

^a Public Health Agency of Catalonia   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Healthcare personnel; Immunization; Measles elimination; Measles outbreaks; Nosocomial setting

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN; RELIABILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SPAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; SPAIN; VACCINATION;

EID: 84922629816     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1160706     Document Type: Erratum

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