Tetanus antibody levels among adolescent girls in developing countries

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 455-459

  Brabin, Loretta ^a,b   Fazio Tirrozzo, Gabriella ^b   Shahid, Shahida ^b   Agbaje, Olorunsola ^b   Maxwell, Sheila ^c   Broadhead, Robin ^d   Briggs, Nimi ^e   Brabin, Bernard ^b,f  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Booster vaccination; Developing countries; Females; Malawi; Nigeria; Pakistan; Tetanus antibody

Indexed keywords

TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; NEWBORN TETANUS; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; VACCINATION;

POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033843517     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90139-1     Document Type: Article

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