Study of measles antibody in children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1286-1289

  Rawat, Deepti ^a   Chakravarti, Anita ^a   Yadav, Sangita ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0035514633     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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