Seroprevalence of rubella among Jordanian women of childbearing age

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3615-3618

  Jarour, Najwa ^a   Hayajneh, Wail A ^b   Balbeesi, Adel ^a   Otoom, Haidar ^a   Al Shurman, Abdullah ^c   Kharabsheh, Sa'ad ^a  

^a Ministry of Health Laboratory   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c Princes Rahma Teaching Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Childbearing age; Congenital rubella syndrome; Immunization; Rubella; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; COUNSELING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; JORDAN; MARITAL THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 34147152376     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.01.058     Document Type: Article

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