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Prevalence of Measles Antibody Among Young Adult Healthcare Workers in a Cancer Hospital: 1980s Versus 1998–1999

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Susan K. Seo ,
Sharp F. Malak ,
Suzanne Lim ,
Janet Eagan  and
Kent A. Sepkowitz
Susan K. Seo
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Sharp F. Malak
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Suzanne Lim
Affiliation:
Department of Employee Health Services, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Janet Eagan
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Kent A. Sepkowitz*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
*
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021
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Abstract

Despite the 1989 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendation of a second dose of vaccine, measles seropositivity rates had declined for adult healthcare workers in their 20s hired at a cancer hospital between 1998 and 1999 compared with those of the same age hired between 1983 and 1988. Continued monitoring will be important as individuals born after 1989 enter the workforce.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , May 2002 , pp. 276 - 278
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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