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Exposure of Ugandan health personnel to measles and rubella: evidence of the need for health worker vaccination.
- Source :
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Vaccine [Vaccine] 2006 Nov 17; Vol. 24 (47-48), pp. 6924-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Jun 28. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- With rubella and, until recently, measles highly endemic in Uganda, health personnel are at risk of these vaccine-preventable diseases and a source of transmission to patients. Measles and rubella serology (IgG) and history of exposure and vaccination were determined among 311 health care workers in a nationwide study. All tested positive for measles IgG, whereas 49.2% reported having been vaccinated. Rubella antibodies were present in 98.1% of personnel; 3.2% of women of child-bearing age were still susceptible. Increasing age and longer duration of service increased the risk of rubella infection. A national policy on health worker protection should include immunisation against vaccine-preventable diseases upon entry to training.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Antibodies, Viral analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data Collection
Female
Hepatitis B epidemiology
Humans
Immunoglobulin G analysis
Immunoglobulin G immunology
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Uganda epidemiology
Vaccination
Health Personnel
Measles epidemiology
Measles prevention & control
Occupational Exposure
Rubella epidemiology
Rubella prevention & control
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0264-410X
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 47-48
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Vaccine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17014938
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.05.126