Prevalence of rubella antibodies among schoolgirls in Sana'a, Republic of Yemen

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 148-151

  Sallam, T A ^a   Raja'a, Y A ^a   Benbrake, M S ^b   Al Shaibani, K S ^b   Al Hababi, A A ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b Ministry of Public Hlth/Populations   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RUBELLA ANTIBODY; RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA ANTIBODIES; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS IMMUNITY; YEMEN; ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VACCINATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STUDENTS; URBAN HEALTH; VACCINATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YEMEN;

EID: 16544391874     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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