Seroprevalence of rubella antibodies among antenatal patients in the Western Cape

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 688-690

  Corcoran, Craig ^a   Hardie, Diana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RUBELLA ANTIBODY; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RUBELLA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 26644433648     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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