Serosurvey of rubella in five blocks of Tamil Nadu

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-54

  Ramamurty, Nalini ^a   Murugan, S ^b   Raja, D ^a   Elango, Varalaksmi ^a   Mohana, ^a   Dhanagaran, D ^a  

^a Institute of Preventive Medicine   (India)

^b WORLD BANK   (India)

Author keywords

IgG antibody estimation; MMR vaccine; Rubella serosurvey

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; PREGNANCY; RUBELLA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33645473527     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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