Diphtheria-down but not out

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 728-738

  Singhal, Tanu ^a   Lodha, Rakesh ^a   Kapil, Arti ^b   Jain, Yogesh ^a   Kabra, Sushil Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Depts of Pediat and Microbiology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 0033914575     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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