Seroprevalence of rubella antibodies among pregnant females in Sri Lanka

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 398-404

  Palihawadana, P ^a   Wickremasinghe, A R ^b   Perera, J ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RUBELLA ANTIBODY; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNIZATION; INTERVIEW; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0141852322     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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