Varicella - Zoster virus seroprevalence in children between 0-15 years old;0-15 yaş arasi çocuklarda varicella - Zoster virus seroprevalansi

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 69-75

  Savaş, Şenay ^a   Dallar, Yildiz ^a   Arikan, Inci ^a   Önde, Ufuk ^a  

^a Saglk Bakanl   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chichen pox; Seroepidemiology; Seroprevalence; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SIBLINGS; TURKEY;

EID: 28744440801     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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