Varicella susceptibility among children and healthy adults in the United Arab Emirates;La réceptivité à la varicelle chez des enfants et des adultes en bonne santé aux Emirats arabes unis

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 604-608

  Uduman, S A ^a   Tahira, A M ^a   Al Wash, R ^b   Usmani, M A ^a   Bener, A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESHI; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMIRATI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILIPINO (PEOPLE); HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTANI; PHILIPPINES; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SRI LANKA; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SRI LANKA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 4944251725     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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