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Serostatus of IgG antibody against mumps virus in adult population of Al Madinah Al Munawarah, Saudi Arabia

Waleed H. Mahallawi, Mohiadeen M. Kurdi and Nadir A. Ibrahim
Saudi Medical Journal August 2021, 42 (8) 862-868; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.8.20210228
Waleed H. Mahallawi
From the Medical Laboratory Technology Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences (Mahallawi, Ibrahim), Taibah University, and from the Hematology Laboratory Technology (Kurdi), King Fahad Hospital, Al Madinah Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohiadeen M. Kurdi
From the Medical Laboratory Technology Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences (Mahallawi, Ibrahim), Taibah University, and from the Hematology Laboratory Technology (Kurdi), King Fahad Hospital, Al Madinah Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nadir A. Ibrahim
From the Medical Laboratory Technology Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences (Mahallawi, Ibrahim), Taibah University, and from the Hematology Laboratory Technology (Kurdi), King Fahad Hospital, Al Madinah Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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