Are we ready for diphtheria? a report from the diphtheria diagnostic workshop, atlanta, 11 and 12 july 1994

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 765-767

  Popovic, Tanja ^a   Wharton, Melinda ^a   Wenger, Jay D ^a   Mc Intyre, Lynne ^a   Wachsmuth, I Kaye ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVACCINATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; USSR; VACCINATION;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EUROPE; HUMAN; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028961243     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/171.4.765     Document Type: Article

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