background mumps, measles and rubella viruses lead to various kinds of complica- tions such as meningoencephalitis, deafness, congenital abnormalities and even cause mortality in malnourished patients,. since 2004, mmr vaccination in two series of one year of age and four to six years has been administered to iranian children as a part of routine vaccination program. recently, mmr vaccination s...

background hepatitis a is often asymptomatic in children, however it can become a serious disease in adults. for countries that do not have a universal vaccination strategy targeted vaccination for high risk groups is recommended. health workers could be at a higher risk of infection with hepatitis a virus (hav) compared to the general population. the aim of this study is to investigate the ser...

C ELLS DERIVED FROM BURKITT’S LYMPHOMA have been successfully cultured and have been found to contain an apparently hitherto undiscovered member of the herpesvirus group ( herpes-type virus-HTV or Epstein-Barr virus-EBV ) .‘ Since this time, considerable interest has centered on seroepidemiologic surveys of various disease categories and healthy populations for antibodies against antigens assoc...

BACKGROUND To establish antibody analysis from dried blood spots (DBS) on filter paper for seroepidemiologic infection and cancer association studies, we analyzed data from a population-based study in Mongolia. METHODS Using multiplex serology, we analyzed 985 paired DBS and serum samples from the same donors for antibodies to 12 different proteins from four groups of infectious agents: human...

A nationwide community-based survey for Helicobacter pylori infection had not been done. This study sought to determine the seroprevalence of infection in Mexico, and the socioeconomic and demographic variables that are risk factors for infection. The survey assessed 11,605 sera from a sample population representing persons ages 1-90 years from all socioeconomic and demographic levels and from ...