Evaluation of diagnostic markers for measles virus infection in the context of an outbreak in Spain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5117-5121

  Mosquera, María M ^a   De Ory, Fernando ^a   Gallardo, Virtudes ^b   Cuenca, Loreto ^c   Morales, Mercedes ^d   Sánchez Yedra, Waldo ^d   Cabezas, Teresa ^e   Hernández, Juan M ^f   Echevarría, Juan E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b Direccion General de Salud Publica   (Spain)

^c Hospital Torrecárdenas ^*  (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE PONIENTE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL LA INMACULADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EPIDEMIC; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; PARVOVIRUS; PHARYNX EXUDATE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REINFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA VIRUS; SERUM; SPAIN; URINALYSIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; URINE; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

MEASLES VIRUS; PARVOVIRUS; RUBELLA VIRUS;

EID: 26944453607     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5117-5121.2005     Document Type: Article

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