Exposure rate of VZV among women attending antenatal care clinic in Sri Lanka - a cross sectional study

Exposure rate of VZV among women attending antenatal care clinic in Sri Lanka - a cross sectional study

Abstract Background Varicella or chickenpox was not a notifiable disease until 2005 in Sri Lanka and only a few studies have been conducted on the epidemiology of VZV infection in the country. The anti­VZV IgG sero-prevalence among antenatal women is extremely limited and thus a selected group of an...

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Main Authors: Saluwadana Walawwe Pavithra Lakmini Daulagala, Faseeha Noordeen, Mohamed Mukthar Fathina Fara, Chathura Rathnayake, Kapila Gunawardana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Antenatal
Anti-VZV IgG
Epidemiology
Sero-prevalence
Sri Lanka
Varicella
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2725-x

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