Seroepidemiology study of Japanese encephalitis neutralizing antibodies in southern Taiwan: A comparative study between urban city and country townships

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 435-440

  Tseng, Hung Fu ^a   Tan, Hsiu Fen ^c   Chang, Chen Kang ^c   Huang, Wei Lun ^c   Ho, Wong Ching ^b  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0242608461     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2003.73     Document Type: Article

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