Seroprevalence of human parvovirus B19 in children of a desert region

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-257

  Alsaeid, Khaled ^a   Alsaeid, Mayra ^a   Essa, Sahar ^a   Dimitrov, Dimitri ^a   Pacsa, Alexandre ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLIMATE; DESERT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARVOVIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SINGAPORE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029795550     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1996.11747835     Document Type: Article

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