Parvovirus B19 infection in medical students during a hospital outbreak

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-146

  Noyola, Daniel E ^a   Padilla Ruiz, M Lourdes ^a   Obregón Ramos, M Guadalupe ^a   Zayas, Patricia ^b   Pérez Romano, Beatriz ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b Laboratorios Clinicos de Puebla   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B19 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; CHILD; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEXICO; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEXICO; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 1242284307     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05417-0     Document Type: Article

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