Seroprevalence of rubella in pregnant women in Delhi, India [2]

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 833-835

  Gupta, Ekta ^a   Dar, Lalit ^a   Broor, Shobha ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA ANTIBODY; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OUTPATIENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CITIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBELLA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33747698423     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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