## Abstract A total of 234 sera from healthy Malaysians of diverse ethnic origins were tested for antibody to the Z29 and prototype GS strains of HHVโ6. The prevalence in the races ranged from 58 to 80% for the GS strain and 49 to 76% for the Z29 strain. The highest prevalence was in Malays with se
HIGH PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODY TO HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-6 AND SEROCONVERSION ASSOCIATED WITH RASH IN TWO INFANTS
โ Scribed by Knowles, WendyA.; Gardner, SylviaD.
- Book ID
- 123442916
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 340 KB
- Volume
- 332
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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