Influence of high titers of maternal antibody on the serologic response of infants to diphtheria vaccination at three, five and twelve months of age

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 846-850

  Björkholm, Bengt ^a   Granstrom, Marta ^b   Taranger, John ^c   Wahl, Martin ^a   Hagberg, Lars ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Dept of Physiother Vastra Frolunda   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diphtheria; Influence of maternal antibodies; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIPHTHERIA; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VACCINATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMAN; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0028874773     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199510000-00005     Document Type: Article

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