Infection in health personnel with high and low levels of exposure in a hospital setting during the H1N1 2009 influenza a pandemic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sandoval, Carmen ^a   Barrera, Aldo ^a   Ferrés, Marcela ^a   Cerda, Jaime ^a,b   Retamal, Javiera ^a   García Sastre, Adolfo ^c   Medina, Rafael A ^a,b,c   Hirsch, Tamara ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; PANDEMIC; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84958231294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147271     Document Type: Article

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