Validation of the combined toxin-binding inhibition test for determination of neutralizing antibodies against tetanus and diphtheria toxins in a vaccine field study in Viet Nam

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-282

  Hong, H A ^a   Ke, N T ^b   Nhon, T N ^c   Thinh, N D ^c   Van Der Gun, J W ^d   Hendriks, J T ^d   Kreeftenberg, J G ^d  

^a Quality Control Department   (Viet Nam)

^b IVAC ^*  (Viet Nam)

^c IVAC   (Viet Nam)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIPHTHERIA; DOSE RESPONSE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PERTUSSIS; TETANUS; VIET NAM;

ANTIBODIES; ASIA; BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DISEASES; BIOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIPHTHERIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFECTIONS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SCREENING; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; TETANUS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; VACCINES; VALIDITY; VIET NAM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; INFANT; PILOT PROJECTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXIN; TETANUS TOXOID; VIETNAM;

EID: 0029736894     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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