Seroprevalence study of B. pertussis infection in health care workers in Catalonia, Spain

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 293-297

  Urbiztondo, Luis ^a   Broner, Sonia ^b   Costa, Josep ^c,d   Rocamora, Laura ^c   Bayas, José M ^e   Campins, Magda ^f   Esteve, Maria ^g   Borras, Eva ^a,b,e   Domínguez, Angela ^b,e  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anti pertussis toxin antibodies; Health care workers; Nosocomial pertussis outbreaks; Pertussis; Pertussis antibodies; Whooping cough

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949122139     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.36167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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