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Is Measles IgG Testing for Healthcare Providers Cost-Effective? Results From Seroprevalence Studies of Healthcare Providers in a Tertiary Public Hospital With a Large Foreign-Born Workforce

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2015

Aidan Lyanzhiang Tan ,
Joanne Yoong ,
Jareena Kasim ,
Grant Ciccone ,
Judy Gek Khim Sng  and
Paul A Tambyah
Aidan Lyanzhiang Tan*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Joanne Yoong
Affiliation:
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jareena Kasim
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Grant Ciccone
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Judy Gek Khim Sng
Affiliation:
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Paul A Tambyah
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
*
Address correspondence to Aidan Lyanzhiang Tan, Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore (aidan_lyanzhiang_tan@nuhs.edu.sg).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 12 , December 2015 , pp. 1468 - 1471
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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