Maternal rubella-specific antibody prevalence in Ethiopian infants

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 333-340

  Kebede, Senait ^a   Nokes, D James ^b   Cutts, Felicity T ^c   Nigatu, Wondatir ^b,d   Sanderson, Francis ^c   Beyene, Hagos ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Infants; Maternal antibody; Optimal age at vaccination; Rubella

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY; RUBELLA ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034094517     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90347-X     Document Type: Article

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