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...
Main Authors: | Vijayalakshmi Perumalsamy, Anuradha Rajamanickam, Prakash Karthik, Narendran Kalpana, Ravindran Meenakshi, Prajna Lalitha, Brown David, Robertson Susan E. |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2004-01-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004000400007 |
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