Factors associated with low immunity to rubella infection on antenatal screening

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 435-438

  Sathanandan, Deshanie ^a   Gupta, Leena ^a,e   Liu, Bette ^b   Rutherford, Alison ^c   Lane, Jennifer ^d  

^a Sydney South West Area Health Service Public Health Unit ^*  (Australia)

^b UK BIOBANK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Australian Volunteers International   (Australia)

^e Murrumbidgee and Southern New South Wales Local Health District   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Immunity; Risk factors; Rubella

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VIRUS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 29244451051     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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