Seroprevalence of anti-human herpesvirus-6 IgG antibody in children of Bangkok, Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 143-147

  Bhattarakosol, Parvapan ^a   Pancharoen, Chitsanu ^a   Mekmullica, Jutarat ^b   Bhattarakosol, Pattarasinee ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND;

EID: 0035288852     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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