Low influenza vaccine uptake by healthcare workers caring for the elderly in South African old age homes and primary healthcare facilities

BACKGROUND: The elderly bear the highest burden of South Africa’s estimated annual > 10 million influenza cases and > 11,000 influenza-related deaths. Unvaccinated healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high occupational risk of contracting influenza, and may transmit influenza to elderly patients i...

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Autores principales: Sibanda, Mncengeli, Meyer, Johanna C., Godman, Brian, Burnett, Rosemary J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9834679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36635715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14926-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9834679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36635715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14926-8

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