Seroprevalence of three emerging arboviral infections in Kuwaiti nationals

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 266-273

  Pacsa, A S ^a   Chaturvedi, U C ^a   Mustafa, A S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUNYAVIRUS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HANTAVIRUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARBOVIRUSES; BUNYAVIRIDAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DENGUE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; KUWAIT; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 17144411155     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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