Healthcare Worker Acceptance of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Vaccination, Morocco
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rence of avian leukosis virus subgroup J in commercial layer fl ocks in China. Z. Emerging of avian leukosis virus subgroup J in a fl ock of Chinese local breed [in Chinese].opment and application of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for the detection of subgroup J avian leukosis virus. (exogenous avian leukosis virus, subgroup J) has an env gene related to those of en-dogenous elements EAV-0 and E51 and an E element found previously only in sar-coma viruses.covery of acutely transforming viruses from myeloid leukosis induced by the HPRS-103 strain of avian leukosis virus .terization of avian retroviruses in chicken embryo–derived yellow fever vaccines: investigation of transmission to vaccine recipients. some characteristics of an isolate associated with myeloid leukosis in meat-type chickens in the United States. Payne LN. Antigenic variants of subgroup J avian leukosis virus: sequence analysis reveals multiple changes in the env gene. Because a main determinant of public immunization success is healthcare workers' support and recommendations and because little is known about such with regard to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccination in Morocco, our aim was to document healthcare workers' knowledge, attitudes, practices, and acceptance of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccination in Morocco. From January 15 through Febru-ary 28, 2010, a structured, self-administered , anonymous questionnaire was distributed to a convenience sample of 1,332 healthcare workers in 5 public hospitals in Rabat, Morocco. Completed questionnaires were analyzed by using SPSS version 10.0 (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA). The 1,002 responses gave a response rate of 75% (≈17% of the entire staff of the University Hospital of Rabat). We found that the hospital staff had acquired basic knowledge about transmission and prevention of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus. Responses indicated that 218 (22%) study participants had accepted vaccination (i.e., had been vaccinated) against this virus. Markedly more healthcare workers in Morocco were undervaccinated than were those in the United States; by mid-January 2010, estimated vaccination coverage among healthcare workers was 37.1% (2). Some evidence indicates that willingness of healthcare workers to be vaccinated with the new vaccine is poor: 48.0% in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China (3) and 22.3% in the United States (4). Vaccination coverage was signifi cant-ly higher for those 20–30 years of age than for those in other age groups (p = 0.001). The analysis by occupational category showed signifi cantly higher coverage for paramedical staff (26%) than for physicians and pharmacists (19%) (p<0.01). …
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