Seroepidemiology of varicella-zoster in Pakistan

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 646-649

  Akram, D S ^a   Qureshi, H ^b   Mahmud, A ^c   Khan, A A ^d   Kundi, Z ^e   Shafi, S ^e   N ur Rehman, ^h   Olowokure, B ^f   Weil, J ^h   Bock, H ^h   Yazdani, Iffat ^g  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b Bolan Medical College   (Pakistan)

^c MAYO HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d Sheikh Zayed Hospital   (Pakistan)

^e Rawalpindi General Hospital   (Pakistan)

^f Communic Dis Surveillance Center ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g SITE   (Pakistan)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CLASS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; PAKISTAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0034577884     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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