Similarities between the pathogenesis of and immunity to diphtheria and pertussis: The complex nature of serum antitoxin-induced immunity to these two diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 6 SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages

  Schneerson, Rachel ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032973244     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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