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Varicella-Zoster Immunity in US Healthcare Personnel With Self-Reported History of Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2015

Luigi Troiani ,
James J. Hill III ,
Stephanie Consoli  and
David J. Weber
Luigi Troiani*
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
James J. Hill III
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Stephanie Consoli
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
*
Address correspondence to Luigi Troiani, MHS, PA-C, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University Employee Occupational Health Clinic, 145 N. Medical Drive CB# 1649, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1649 (ltroiani@ehs.unc.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 12 , December 2015 , pp. 1467 - 1468
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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