Serum antibodies to polioviruses in Alexandria, Egypt

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-270

  Gabrieli, R ^a   Divizia, Maurizio ^a   El Ghazzawi, E ^b   Kader, O A ^b   El Gawhary, Z ^d   Renganathan, E ^a,c   Pana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Immunity; Poliovirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033013442     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007588407474     Document Type: Article

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