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Serological Survey of Mumps Immunity Among Healthcare Workers in Connecticut, December 2006–May 2007

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Amir Mohammad ,
Marcia Trape  and
Yosef Khan
Amir Mohammad*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center and School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut
Marcia Trape
Affiliation:
Division of Public Health and Population Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center and School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut
Yosef Khan
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
*
Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 135 College Street, Room 396, New Haven, CT 06510 (amir.mohammad@yale.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , February 2009 , pp. 202 - 203
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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