Varicella zoster among sero-immune, vaccinated and unvaccinated health care workers in Mumbai
• Sero-prevalence: a. A total of 8487 HCWs were tested for varicella zoster IgG since Jan’17to Apr’24. b. 6314(74.4 %) were seropositive, 1941(22.9 %) were seronegative and 232(2.7 %) were equivocal. • The incidence of varicella infection among those seropositive at baseline was 0.52 %; it was 0.57 % among those who were vaccinated and it was 4.68 % among those who were seronegative and unvaccinated • 81 % of seronegative health care workers took either one or two dose ofVaricella zoster Vaccine
Authors
- G. S. Madhu
- Reshma Tejam
- Sweta Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0644-9031)
- Tanu Singhal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4127-1977)
- Havovi Fouzdar
- Priyanka Sakhare
Institutions
- Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Published
- 2024-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmmb.2024.100743
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77