| ID (ISN) del documento | 41412 |
| Número CIS |
84-473 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0028-4793 - New England Journal of Medicine |
| Año |
1983 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Dworsky M.E., Welch K., Cassady G., Stagno S. |
| Título |
Occupational risk for primary cytomegalovirus infection among pediatric health care workers |
| Información bibliográfica |
20 oct. 1983, Vol.309, No.16, p.950-953. 15 ref. |
| Resumen |
The prevalence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibody was determined in medical students, house staff, nurses and physicians, and pregnant and non-pregnant women in the community. Exposure of health-care workers was estimated by determining the prevalence of CMV infection in 3 groups of asymptomatic infants for whom they provided care. CMV was excreted in the urine or saliva of 1.6% of 2,899 newborns, 13% of 24 premature infants hospitalised for over a month, and 5% of 44 older infants seen as outpatients. Annual attack rates in the hospital students and staff were not higher than in the women in the community, and the risk of occupational contact is no larger than that faced by young women in the community at large. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
enfermedades víricas; servicios médicos y sanitarios; mujeres; riesgos biológicos; hospitales |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
estudio comparado; reacciones serológicas |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| Tema(s) |
Patología profesional
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Health care services
Biological hazards
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)
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