Congenital hearing impairment associated with rubella: Lessons from Bangladesh

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 811-817

  Rahman, M M ^a   Khan, A M ^b   Hafiz, M M ^b   Ronny, F M H ^a   Ara, S ^b   Chowdhury, S K ^a   Nazir, S S ^c   Khan, W I ^a,d  

^a Department of Immunology   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c Dewsbury District Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RUBELLA VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RUBELLA VIRUS; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0042701706     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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