Warts transmitted in families and schools: A prospective cohort

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 928-934

  Bruggink, Sjoerd C ^a   Eekhof, Just A H ^a   Egberts, Paulette F ^a   Van Blijswijk, Sophie C E ^a   Assendelft, Willem J J ^a   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Human papillomavirus; Incidence; Schoolchildren; Transmission; Warts

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SWIMMING POOL; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 84877053035     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2946     Document Type: Article

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