Seroprevalence of rubella in school girls and pregnant women

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-84

  Karakoc, Gulbin Bingol ^a   Altintas, Derya Ufuk ^a   Kilinc, Banu ^a   Karabay, Aysun ^a   Mungan, Neslihan Onenli ^a   Yilmaz, Mustafa ^a   Evliyaoglu, Nurdan ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Rubella; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUBELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VACCINE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 0037251232     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022538407514     Document Type: Article

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