Measles outbreak from Hong Kong International Airport to the hospital due to secondary vaccine failure in healthcare workers

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2019, Pages 1407-1415

  Cheng, Vincent C C ^a   Wong, Shuk Ching ^a   Wong, Sally C Y ^a   Sridhar, Siddharth ^b   Chen, Jonathan H K ^a   Yip, Cyril C Y ^a   Hung, Derek L L ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Chuang, Vivien W M ^c   Tsang, Owen T Y ^c   Woo, Gibson K S ^d   Chuang, Shuk Kwan ^d   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; AIRPORT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; SECONDARY IMMUNIZATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AIRPORTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 85073407364     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.278     Document Type: Article

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