Outbreak of rubella among cadets in an academy

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-143

  Banerjee, A ^a   Sahni, A K ^b   Gupta, R M ^c   Grewal, V S ^d   Singh, Z ^e  

^a HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

^c ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d HQ 54 Inf Div   (India)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Military academy; Rubella outbreak

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RUBELLA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARMY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; COMMUNITY; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; REVIEW; RUBELLA; TRAINING; TYPHUS;

EID: 34548439034     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(07)80058-X     Document Type: Article

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