Seroprevalence of measles, mumps, rubella, varicella-zoster and hepatitis A-C in Emirati medical students

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sheek Hussein, Mohamud ^a   Hashmey, Rayhan ^b   Alsuwaidi, Ahmed R ^c   Al Maskari, Fatima ^a   Amiri, Leena ^c   Souid, Abdul Kader ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Blood borne; Immunization; Medical student; Prevention; Transmission; UAE

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUMPS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA; STATISTICS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MUMPS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBELLA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870387357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1047     Document Type: Article

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