The seroepidemiological study on cytomegalovirus in women of child-bearing age with special reference to pregnancy and maternal-fetal transmission

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 518-521

  Chakravarty, Anita ^a,b   Kashyap, Bineeta ^a   Rathi, Krishna ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b 79 South Park Apartments ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Congenital; Cytomegalovirus; IgM; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 28844460793     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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