Seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus antibodies in patients attending STD and antenatal clinics

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-90

  Ray, Krishna ^a   Mahajan, Manju ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0031154406     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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