Cytomegalovirus transmission in child care homes

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-79

  Bale Jr , James F ^a   Zimmerman, Bridget ^b   Dawson, Jeffrey D ^b   Souza, Inara E ^b   Petheram, Susan J ^a   Murph, Jody R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032909361     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.1.75     Document Type: Article

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