Rubella seroprevalence in an unvaccinated pregnant population in Malatya, Turkey

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 462-468

  Pehlivan, E ^a   Karaoglu, L ^a   Ozen, M ^a   Gunes, G ^a   Tekerekoglu, M S ^a   Genc, M F ^a   Egri, M ^a   Ercan, C ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anti rubella IgG; Pregnant women; Rubella seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RUBELLA ANTIBODY; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ANTIBODY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FERTILITY; IMMUNIZATION; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RUBELLA; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SAMPLE SIZE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RUBELLA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EURASIA; MALATYA [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

RUBELLA;

EID: 34248582386     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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