Varicella seroprevalence in healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital: An audit of cross-sectional data Infectious Diseases

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gorny, Alexander Wilhelm ^a   Mittal, Chikul ^a   Saw, Sharon ^a   Venkatachalam, Indumathi ^a   Fisher, Dale Andrew ^a   Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Healthcare worker; Immunisation; Seroprevalence; Varicella

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; BLOOD; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL AUDIT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL AUDIT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84946735435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1656-0     Document Type: Article

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