The New York rubella incident: A case for changing hospital policy regarding rubella testing and immunization

M.C. McLaughlin and L.H. Gold

American Journal of Public Health, 1979, vol. 69, issue 3, 287-289

Abstract: A case of rubella in a male obstetric-gynecology house staff member exposed 170 staff members and 11 prenatal patients to the clinical disease. Of 163 staff members tested within one week of exposure, 132 (80%) were not susceptibles. Repeat titres three weeks later on 28 susceptibles remained negative. Of the 11 patients exposed, three were susceptible and none seroconverted.

Date: 1979
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