Prevalence of anti-varicella zoster IgG antibody in undergraduate students

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-131

  Bhattarakosol, Parvapan ^a   Chantarabul, Sunisa ^a   Pittayathikhun, Kunthon ^a   Mung mee, Vanida ^a   Punnarugsa, Vanna ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; THAILAND; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENPOX; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS; THAILAND;

EID: 0030437966     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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