The influence of prematurity and low birthweight on transplacental antibody transfer in a rural West African population

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 529-534

  Okoko, J B ^a   Wesumperuma, H L ^a   Hart, C A ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low birthweight; Maternal antibody transfer; Neonates; Prematurity; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; TETANUS TOXOID; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RURAL POPULATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PARITY; RURAL POPULATION; TETANUS;

HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; MEASLES VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 0034920190     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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