Seroprevalence of varicella zoster and rubella antibodies among rural populations of the Chaco region, south-eastern Bolivia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 512-517

  Bartoloni, Alessandro ^a   Bartalesi, Filippo ^a   Roselli, Mimmo ^a   Mantella, Antonia ^b   Dini, Francesca ^c   Carballo, Esteban Salazar ^d   Barron, Virgilio Prieto ^e   Paradisi, Franco ^e  

^a DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Australia)

^d College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering ^*  (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Rubella virus; Seroepidemiology; Tropics; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RUBELLA ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEASLES; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TROPICS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BOLIVIA; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

BOLIVIA;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; RNA VIRUSES; RUBELLA VIRUS; VILLA;

EID: 0036268385     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00852.x     Document Type: Article

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