A novel method of oral fluid collection to monitor immunity to common viral infections

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-42

  Morris Cunnington, M C ^a,b,d   Edmunds, W J ^a   Miller, E ^a   Brown, D W G ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROUPS BY SEX; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SEROLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIRUS DISEASES; WALES;

EID: 1242285025     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803001493     Document Type: Article

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