1. Comparison of the Seroprevalence of Measles Antibodies among Healthcare Workers in Two Korean Hospitals in 2019
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Gyeong Min Yoo, Gang Bok Oh, Baek-Nam Kim, Hyeon Mi Yoo, Nam Hee Kim, In Hye Jeong, Myung Jin Lee, Yee Gyung Kwak, Je Eun Song, and Chong Rae Cho
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Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine ,health care facilities, manpower, and services ,education ,Seroprevalence ,Brief Communication ,Measles ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Health care ,medicine ,Healthcare workers ,Pharmacology (medical) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,0303 health sciences ,biology ,030306 microbiology ,business.industry ,Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccine ,virus diseases ,medicine.disease ,Infectious Diseases ,Vaccination policy ,biology.protein ,Antibody ,business - Abstract
We performed a point seroprevalence survey of measles among healthcare workers (HCWs) at two Korean teaching hospitals in 2019. A total of 2,830 HCWs underwent an antibody test. The overall seropositivity of measles was 93.1%. The seroprevalence of measles was lowest in HCWs aged 20 - 24 years (81.2%), followed by those aged 25 - 29 years (90.1%). The rates of anti-measles IgG positivity were significantly different between the two hospitals (97.0% vs. 89.4%, P
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- 2020
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