Serosurvey of measles, mumps and rubella antibodies in Saudi children

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1551-1554

  Al Mazrou, Yagob Y ^a   Khalil, Mohamed K ^b   Tischer, Annedore ^c   Al Jeffri, Mohamed H ^a   Al Ghamdi, Yasser S ^a   Bakhsh, Mohamed M ^a   Mishkas, Ameen A ^a   Elgizouli, Sirag A ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Fahd Specialist Hospital Buraidah   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES ANTIBODY; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MEASLES; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RUBELLA; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 29144494790     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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