Performance of rubella suspect case definition: Implications for surveillance

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 450-456

  da Oliveira, Solange Artimos ^a   Camacho, Luiz Antonio Bastos ^b   de Medeiros Pereira, Antonio Carlos ^a   Bulhões, Marília Mattos ^c   Aguas, Angélica Fortes ^c   Siqueira, Marilda Mendonça ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO ANTÔNIO PEDRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Fundacao Municipal de Saude de Niteroi   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Case definition; Epidemiologic surveillance; Predictive value; Rubella, diagnosis; Rubella, epidemiology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847735485     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102006000300013     Document Type: Article

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