Cytomegalovirus infection in children with down syndrome in a day-care center in Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 179-183

  Do Canto, Cynthia L Motta ^a   Granato, Celso F H ^b   Garcez, Elisa ^c   Villas Boas, Lucy S ^a   Fink, M Cristina D S ^a   Estevam, Marli P ^a   Pannuti, Claudio S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Associacao de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Day care center; Down Syndrome; Transmission; Virus shedding

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DAY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0034222418     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652000000400001     Document Type: Article

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