Seroconversion to human herpesvirus 6 and human herpesvirus 7 among Brazilian children with clinical diagnoses of measles or rubella

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1156-1158

  Black, Jodi B ^a   Durigon, Edison ^b   Kite Powell, Kathleen ^b   De Souza, Luiza ^b   Curli, Sueli P ^b   Afonso, Anna Maria Sardinha ^b   Theobaldo, Marcia ^b   Pellett, Philip E ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 0029861343     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.5.1156     Document Type: Article

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