Seroprevalence of viral childhood infections in Eritrea

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-54

  Tolfvenstam, T ^a,b   Enbom, M ^b   Ghebrekidan, H ^c   Ruden U ^b   Linde, A ^b,d   Grandien, M ^b   Wahren, B ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^d Div Clin Microbiol Karolinska H ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eritrea (Africa); HHV 6; Human parvovirus B19; Measles; Mumps; Rubella

Indexed keywords

MEASLES ANTIBODY; RUBELLA ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ERITREA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; MUMPS VIRUS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERITREA; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES; MUMPS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RUBELLA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0033983414     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(99)00070-0     Document Type: Article

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