Cytomegalovirus infections among African-Americans

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wilms, Isca R ^a   Best, Al M ^b   Adler, Stuart P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVER; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIBLING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 51349139165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-107     Document Type: Article

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