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A Serological Survey of St Lucia
1 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Ct. 06510, of USA
2 Rockefeller Foundation, St. Lucia, now National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH Bethesda, Md. 20014, USA
3 National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Md. 20014, USA
4 Department of Pediatrics, Case/Western Reserve School of Medicine Cleveland, Ohio, USA
5 Connecticut State Health Department Hartford, Ct., USA
Evans A S [Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Ct. 06510, USA], Cook J A, Kapikian A Z, Nankervis G, Smith A Land West B. A serological survey of St. Lucia.International Journal of Epidemiology 1979, 8: 327332.
A serological survey of a random sample of 541 of the population of St Lucia was undertaken. The prevalence of antibodies to dengue, herpes virus, VZ, rotavirus, rubella and syphilis is described and compared with other communities.
Received 17 July 1979