High prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus antibody among school children of the low to middle socio-economic class in Bangkok, Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 434-435

  Poovorawan, Yong ^a   Tantimongkolsuk, Chirapan ^a   Chongsrisawat, Voranush ^a   Theamboonlers, Apiradee ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031151089     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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