Seroprevalence of Molluscum contagiosum virus in German and UK populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Sherwani, Subuhi ^a   Farleigh, Laura ^a   Agarwal, Nidhi ^b   Loveless, Samantha ^a   Robertson, Neil ^a   Hadaschik, Eva ^c   Schnitzler, Paul ^c   Bugert, Joachim Jakob ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Behl Skin Institute   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE CEREBILITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSCIPOXVIRUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSORIASIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRION; CHEMISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SOLUBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOLUBILITY; VIRAL PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895860861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088734     Document Type: Article

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