Epidemiological and molecular assessment of a rubella outbreak in North-Eastern Italy

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1976-1982

  D'Agaro, Pierlanfranco ^a   Dal Molin, Gianna ^a   Zamparo, Emanuela ^b   Rossi, Tatiana ^a   Micuzzo, Michele ^b   Busetti, Marina ^a   Santon, Daniela ^a   Campello, Cesare ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b ERSA Friuli Venezia Giulia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Outbreak; Rubella; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITALY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952116093     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21874     Document Type: Article

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