Rubella prevalence and its transmission in children

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-56

  Chakravarti, Anita ^a,b   Jain, Manisha ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Congenital Rubella syndrome; Indian children

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33645711478     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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