Seroprevalence study of herpes simplex virus type 2 among pregnant women in Germany using a type-specific enzyme immunoassay

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 870-872

  Enders, G ^a   Risse, B ^b   Zauke, M ^b   Bolley, I ^a   Knotek, F ^a  

^a Institute for Virology   (Germany)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GERMANY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0032435485     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050210     Document Type: Article

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