Immune status against diphtheria among immigrants from the former USSR who arrived in Israel during 1990-1991

Infection

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 104-108

  Low, M ^a   Almog, R ^a   Green, M S ^b,e   Ashkenazi, S ^b   Bercovier, H ^c   Katzenelson, E ^d   Ashkenazi, I ^b   Shemer, J ^b   Cohen, D ^b  

^a Israel Defense Force ^*

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DIPHTHERIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNE STATUS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; USSR;

EID: 0031914855     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02767769     Document Type: Article

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