Institutional outbreak of rubella in a healthcare center in Chandigarh, North India

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 341-344

  Singh, Mini P ^a   Diddi, Kavita ^a   Dogra, Sunil ^a   Suri, Vikas ^a   Varma, Subhash ^a   Ratho, Radha K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hospital; Outbreak; Rubella

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RUBELLA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING STAFF; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SORE THROAT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; MALE; RUBELLA; YOUNG ADULT;

RUBELLA;

EID: 74549185082     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21672     Document Type: Article

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