Seroprevalence of measles antibody in the US population, 1999-2004

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1459-1464

  McQuillan, Geraldine M ^a   Kruszon Moran, Deanna ^a   Hyde, Terri B ^b   Forghani, Bagher ^c   Bellini, William ^b   Dayan, Gustavo H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 38449094419     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522866     Document Type: Article

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