Seroprevalence of antibody to varicella among Somali refugees

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-180

  Nysse, Lana J ^a   Pinsky, Norman A ^a   Bratberg, Jeffrey P ^a,c   Babar Weber, Azra Y ^a,d   Samuel, Terri T ^a,e   Krych, Esther H ^a,b   Ziegler, Aaron W ^a,f   Jimale, Mahamoud A ^b   Vierkant, Robert A ^b   Jacobson, Robert M ^a,b   Poland, Gregory A ^a,b  

^a Mayo Vaccine Research Group   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d Camden Physicians   (United States)

^e WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Maternal/Child Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REFUGEE; SEROPREVALENCE; SOMALIA; UNITED STATES; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 33846697327     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/82.2.175     Document Type: Article

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