Epidemiology of Epstein-Barr virus infection in pre-adolescent children: Application of a new salivary method in Edinburgh, Scotland

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-104

  Crowcroft, N S ^a,c   Vyse, A ^b   Brown, D W G ^b   Strachan, D P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031984689     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.2.101     Document Type: Article

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