Predictive value of a history of varicella infection

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 51, Issue JAN., 2005, Pages 60-65

  Holmes, Candice Nicole ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHICKENPOX; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 13444252798     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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