Passive immunity to measles in the breastmilk and cord blood of some Nigerian subjects

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-48

  Oluseyi Oyedele, O ^a   Odemuyiwa, S O ^a   Ammerlaan, W ^b   Muller, C P ^b   Adu, F D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b National Laboratorie de Sante   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; MEASLES ANTIBODY; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MEASLES; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NIGERIA; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES; MILK, HUMAN; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15444372354     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmh073     Document Type: Review

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