Age-specific mumps seroprevalence of an unvaccinated population of adolescents in Ankara, Turkey

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 213-215

  Kanbur, Nuray Öksüz ^a   Derman, Orhan ^a   Kutluk, Tezer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MUMPS VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUMPS; MUMPS VACCINE; MUMPS VIRUS; POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 1142311556     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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