Seroepidemiology and serological follow-up of anti-leptospiral IgG in children in Southern Vietnam

Acta Tropica

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-131

  Thai, Khoa T D ^a   Nga, Tran Thi Thanh ^a,b   Phuong, Hoang Lan ^a,b   Giao, Phan Trong ^a,b   Hung, Le Quoc ^a,b   Binh, Tran Quang ^b   Van Nam, Nguyen ^c   Hartskeerl, Rudy A ^d   de Vries, Peter J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CHO RAY HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^c Binh Thuan Provincial Malaria Center   (Viet Nam)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ELISA (enzyme linked immunosorbent assay); Follow up studies; IgG; Leptospirosis; Seroepidemiologic studies; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENZYME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 43049109109     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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