Antenatal rubella serosurvey in Maputo, Mozambique

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 559-564

  Barreto, Jorge ^a   Sacramento, Isadora ^a   Robertson, Susan E ^b   Langa, Judite ^c   De Gourville, Esther ^b   Wolfson, Lara ^b   Schoub, Barry D ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Antenatal; IgG antibody; Mozambique; Rubella; Serosurvey

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RUBELLA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOZAMBIQUE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOZAMBIQUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RUBELLA; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

AFRICA; MAPUTO [MOZAMBIQUE]; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

RUBELLA VIRUS;

EID: 33645317355     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01577.x     Document Type: Review

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