Epidemic diphtheria in the newly independent states of the former USSR - situation and lessons learned

Biologicals

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-186

  Dittmann, Sieghart ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

AGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; USSR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE;

EID: 0031171446     PISSN: 10451056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/biol.1997.0081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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