Prevalence of rubella antibody in pregnant women in Ibadan, Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-248

  Bamgboye, A E ^a   Afolabi, K A ^b   Esumeh, F I ^c   Enweani, I B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Adeoyo Maternity Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

ELISA; IgG antibody; Optical density; Pregnant women; Prevalence; Rubella

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RUBELLA ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 8844228137     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v23i3.28131     Document Type: Article

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