Sustained low influenza vaccination in health care workers after H1N1 pandemic: A cross sectional study in an Italian health care setting for at-risk patients

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Giannattasio, Antonietta ^a,b   Mariano, Miriam ^a   Romano, Roberto ^a   Chiatto, Fabrizia ^b   Liguoro, Ilaria ^b   Borgia, Guglielmo ^b   Guarino, Alfredo ^b   Lo Vecchio, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RISK; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; AGED; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938880921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1090-x     Document Type: Article

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