| susceptibility to varicella zoster virus infection in health care workers. | varicella zoster virus (vzv) is an occupational hazard for a percentage of health care staff. nine hundred and seventy staff members attending the occupational health department at cork university hospital took part in the survey. a latex agglutination assay was used to determine the health care workers immune status to vzv. of the 970 workers tested, 928 (95.7%) were immune to vzv. the sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of an enquiry regarding a history of chicken-pox was determined ... | 1996 | 8854707 |