Lower Rate of Seropositivity to Measles Among Young Healthcare Personnel in New York City. (1st June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lucca, Anabella; Bayoumi, Nagla; Ramanathan, Lakshmi V; Sepkowitz, Kent; Kamboj, Mini
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 71:Number 12(2020)
• Page Start: 3241
• Page End: 3243
• Publication Date: 2020-06-01
• Subjects: measles -- vaccination -- healthcare personnel -- immunity -- serology; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa660
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: We examined the prevalence of measles antibody among 12 349 newly hired HCP between 2009 and 2019. Younger HCP were significantly more likely to have no immunity. Compared with a 92.2% seropositive rate among 1057 persons hired at age >50 years, only 84.4% of approximately 10 000 HCP aged <40 years had protective antibody.