Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2013)

Seropositivity for Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus among Frontline Health Care Personnel

  • Kumar Alagappan,
  • Robert A. Silverman,
  • Kathy Hancock,
  • Mary Frances Ward,
  • Meredith Akerman,
  • Fatimah S. Dawood,
  • Alicia Branch,
  • Sandra De Cicco,
  • Evelene Steward-Clark,
  • Megan McCullough,
  • Karen Tenner,
  • Jacqueline M. Katz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1901.111640
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 140 – 143

Abstract

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Seroprevalence of antibodies to influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus among 193 emergency department health care personnel was similar among 147 non–health care personnel (odds ratio 1.4, 95% CI 0.8–2.4). Working in an acute care setting did not substantially increase risk for virus infection above risk conferred by community-based exposures.

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