Congenital rubella syndrome and immunity status of immigrant women living in southern Italy: A cross-sectional, seroepidemiological investigation

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 253-257

  Lo Giudice, Daniela ^a   Capua, Adele ^a   La Fauci, Vincenza ^a   Squeri, Raffaele ^a   Grillo, Orazio Claudio ^a   Calimeri, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibody; Immigrants; Prevention; Questionnaire; Rubella

Indexed keywords

RUBELLA ANTIBODY; RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA ANTIBODIES; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNITY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BLOOD; DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; RISK; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE ERADICATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901849758     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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