Rubella serosurveys at three Aravind Eye Hospitals in Tamil Nadu, India

Rubella serosurveys at three Aravind Eye Hospitals in Tamil Nadu, India

OBJECTIVE: To determine the susceptibility of female eye hospital staff to rubella infection and the potential risk for hospital-based rubella outbreaks. METHODS: A prospective cohort study on the seroprevalence of rubella IgG antibodies was conducted at three large eye hospitals in Coimbatore, Madu...

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Main Authors: Vijayalakshmi Perumalsamy, Anuradha Rajamanickam, Prakash Karthik, Narendran Kalpana, Ravindran Meenakshi, Prajna Lalitha, Brown David, Robertson Susan E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2004-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Rubella/epidemiology
Rubella/immunology
Rubella syndrome, Congenital
Hospitals, Special
Personnel, Hospital
Cross infection
Rubella vaccine
Women
Seroepidemiologic studies
Prospective studies
Cohort studies
India
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004000400007

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