Immunity to diphtheria in women of childbearing age in Delhi in 1994: Evidence of continued Corynebacterium diphtheriae circulation

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 274-278

  Singh, Jagvir ^a   Ichhpujani, R L ^a   Prabha, Shashi ^b   Chandra, Rashmi ^c   Khare, Shashi ^a   Panda, R C ^d   Datta, K K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

^b Shanti Nursing Home   (India)

^c Rashmi Medical Center   (India)

^d Infectious Diseases Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; INDIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030154513     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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