The status of rubella immunity among pregnant women in Kuwait: Screening in childbearing age should be reintroduced

Acta Tropica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-40

  Makhseed, Ma'Asoumah ^a,b   Moussa, Mohamed A A ^a   Ahmed, Mohammad Abrar ^a   Abdulla, Nahida ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Immune status; Kuwait; Obstetric population; Rubella

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNITY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROPHYLAXIS; RUBELLA VIRUS; VACCINATION; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VIRUS;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0035863324     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00163-7     Document Type: Article

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