Serosurveillance of vaccine preventable diseases and hepatitis C in healthcare workers from Lao PDR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Black, Antony P ^a,b   Vilivong, Keooudomphone ^b   Nouanthong, Phonethipsavanh ^b   Souvannaso, Chanthasone ^b   Hübschen, Judith M ^a,b   Muller, Claude P ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^b Institut Pasteur du Laos   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEASLES ANTIBODY; RUBELLA ANTIBODY; TETANUS ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION; ADULT; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; HERPES ZOSTER; MEASLES; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RUBELLA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TETANUS; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; RUBELLA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TETANUS; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 84929484648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123647     Document Type: Article

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