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

• Main Authors: Vijayalakshmi Perumalsamy (Author), Anuradha Rajamanickam (Author), Prakash Karthik (Author), Narendran Kalpana (Author), Ravindran Meenakshi (Author), Prajna Lalitha (Author), Brown David (Author), Robertson Susan E. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...