A population-based study of how children are exposed to saliva in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa: Implications for the spread of saliva-borne pathogens to children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 442-453

  Butler, L M ^a   Neilands, T B ^b   Mosam, A ^c   Mzolo, S ^c   Martin, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Epstein Barr virus; Hepatitis B virus; Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus; Saliva; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SALIVA; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECTUM MUCOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SALIVA; SKIN SURFACE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEPATITIS B; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS DISEASES;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 77949358921     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02474.x     Document Type: Article

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