Seroprevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in healthy adolescents in Taiwan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 352-354

  Kung, Chien Min ^a   Wang, Hai Lung ^a  

^a YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 36549004554     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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