Increased Rate of Cytomegalovirus Infection among Parents of Children Attending Day-Care Centers

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 314, Issue 22, 1986, Pages 1414-1418

  Pass, Robert F ^a   Hutto, Cecelia ^a   Ricks, Rebecca ^a   Cloud, Gretchen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DAY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; INFECTION; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0022508314     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198605293142204     Document Type: Article

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