Seroprevalence of varicella zoster antibodies among children with malnutrition, malignancies and HIV infection

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 480-486

  Admani, B ^a,c   Macharia, W M ^a   Were, F ^b  

^a Dip Haem Oncol   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEOPLASMS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 67649202261     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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