Analysis of rubella antibody distribution from newborn dried blood spots using finite mixture models

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1698-1706

  Hardelid, P ^a   Williams, D ^a   Dezateux, C ^a   Tookey, P A ^a   Peckham, C S ^a   Cubitt, W D ^b   Cortina Borja, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RUBELLA ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NORMAL VALUE; PREGNANT WOMAN; RUBELLA; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RUBELLA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349127813     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000393     Document Type: Article

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