Seroprevalence of TORCH infections in women of childbearing age in Croatia

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 280-283

  Vilibic Cavlek, Tatjana ^a   Ljubin Sternak, Suncanica ^a   Ban, Mirela ^b   Kolaric, Branko ^c   Sviben, Mario ^a   Mlinaric Galinovic, Gordana ^a  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b Vukovar Srijem County Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

^c Zagreb County Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

Author keywords

childbearing age; Croatia; seroprevalence; TORCH; women

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROATIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REPRODUCTION; RUBELLA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651440956     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.485233     Document Type: Article

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