The role of RT-PCR assay of oral fluid for diagnosis and surveillance of measles, mumps and rubella [3]

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-77

  Jin, L ^a,b   Vyse, A ^a,b   Brown, D W G ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; MEASLES;

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MEASLES VIRUS; MUMPS VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RUBELLA VIRUS; SALIVA;

EID: 0036178884     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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1. Has oral fluid the potential to replace serum for the evaluation of population immunity levels? A study of measles, rubella, and hepatitis B in rural Ethiopia
2. The epidemiology of measles in England and Wales since the 1994 vaccination campaign
3. Detection of measles, mumps and rubella antibodies in saliva using antibody capture radioimmunoassay
4. Salivary diagnosis of measles: A study of notified cases in the United Kingdom, 1991-3