Laboratory confirmation of congenital rubella syndrome in infants: An eye hospital based investigation

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 536-546

  Rajasundari, Thanapal Amala ^a   Sundaresan, Periasamy ^a   Vijayalakshmi, Perumalsamy ^b   Brown, David W G ^c   Jin, Li ^c  

^a ARAVIND MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital rubella syndrome; Genotyping; Infants with ocular anomalies; PCR assays; Rubella; Viral load

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; EYE MALFORMATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LENS; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RUBELLA VIRUS; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; RUBELLA VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS;

EID: 38849118439     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21097     Document Type: Article

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