Prevalence of IgG varicella zoster virus antibodies in the Kuikuro and Kaiabi indigenous communities in Xingu National Park, Brazil, before varicella vaccination

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-142

  Lafer, Manuel Mindlin ^a   De Moraes Pinto, Maria Isabel ^a   Weckx, Lily Yin ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Brazilian native Indians; Varicella zoster

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 21444446148     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652005000300004     Document Type: Article

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