Isolation of measles virus from a naturally-immune, asymptomatically re-infected individual

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-179

  Vardas, Eftyhia ^a,b   Kreis, Stephanie ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Measles virus isolation; Previous natural infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MEASLES ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; THROAT CULTURE; URINALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; CELL LINE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PHARYNX; URINE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032774755     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(99)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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