The influence of prematurity and low birthweight on transplacental antibody transfer in Sri Lanka

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-177

  Wesumperuma, H L ^a   Perera, A J ^b   Pharoah, P O D ^c   Hart, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEASLES VIRUS; NEWBORN; PARITY; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SRI LANKA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION;

HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; MEASLES VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 0032809184     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989958654     Document Type: Article

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