Serological and virological characterization of clinically diagnosed cases of measles in suburban khartoum

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 987-991

  El Mubarak, H Sittana ^a   Van De Bildt, Marco W G ^b   Mustafa, Omer A ^a   Vos, Helma W ^b   Mukhtar, Maowia M ^a   Groen, Jan ^b   El Hassan, Ahmed M ^a   Niesters, Hubert G M ^b   Ibrahim, Salah A ^a   Zijlstra, Edward E ^b,d   Wild, T Fabian ^c   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^b   De Swart, Rik L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUDAN; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

MEASLES VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0343550476     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.987-991.2000     Document Type: Article

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