Seroprevalence of anti-RSV IgV in Thai children aged 6 months to 5 years

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 269-271

  Bhattarakosol, Parvapan ^a   Pancharoen, Chitsanu ^a   Mungmee, Vanida ^a   Thammaborvon, Rungtip ^a   Semboonlor, Luckana ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; THAILAND;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND;

EID: 2942597970     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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