Immune status in congenital infections by TORCH agents in pregnant Thais

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-97

  Taechowisan, Thongchai ^a   Sutthent, Ruengpung ^b   Louisirirotchanakul, Suda ^b   Puthavathana, Pilaipan ^b   Wasi, Chantapong ^b  

^a SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNE STATUS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RUBELLA; THAILAND; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREVALENCE; RUBELLA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0030776630     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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