Relationship of serum antibody to risk of respiratory syncytial virus infection in elderly adults

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 463-466

  Falsey, Ann R ^a,b   Walsh, Edward E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 0031908551     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517376     Document Type: Article

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