Diphtheria immunity in Flanders

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 631-636

  Mathei C ^a   Van Damme, P ^a   Bruynseels, P ^a   Goossens, H ^a   Vranckx, R ^b   Meheus, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Brussels   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEROLOGY; SERUM; TISSUE CULTURE; VACCINATION; VERO CELL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS;

EID: 0030728518     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01708551     Document Type: Article

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