Seroepidemiology of varicella-zoster virus in Bangladesh

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 341-345

  Saha, Samir K ^a,c   Darmstadt, Gary L ^b,c   Hanif, M ^a   Khan, Rasel ^d  

^a DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TROPICS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BANGLADESH; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0036936485     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249302125002001     Document Type: Article

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