Seroprevalence of varicella-zoster virus in children from Shiraz-Iran

Iranian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-46

  Motamedifar, Mohammad ^a,d   Handjani, Farhad ^a   Hadi, Nahal ^a   Shahkarami, Mohammad Kazem ^b   Mehrabani, Davoud ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Iran; Seroprevalence; VZV

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 33745248400     PISSN: 17351383     EISSN: 1735367X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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