Maternal and neonatal prevalence of toxoplasma and cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibodies and hepatitis-B antigens in an Egyptian rural area

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 154-157

  El Nawawy, Ahmed ^a   Soliman, Ashraf T ^a,b   El Azzouni, Omar ^a   Amer, El Sayed ^a   Karim, Mohammed Abdel ^a   Demian, Soheir ^a   El Sayed, Mona ^a  

^a Alexandria Banha Colleges of Med   (Egypt)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DELIVERY; EGYPT; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MATERNAL SERUM; NEWBORN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029884078     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.3.154     Document Type: Article

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