Epidemic diphtheria in Ukraine, 1991-1997

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Nekrassova, Lubov S ^a   Chudnaya, Liudmila M ^b   Marievski, Victor F ^b   Oksiuk, Victor G ^a   Gladkaya, Elena ^c   Bortnitska, Iryna I ^c   Mercer, David J ^d   Kreysler, Joachim V ^e   Golaz, Anne ^f  

^a Ministry of Health of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^b Gromashevsky Research Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases   (Ukraine)

^c L'viv Research Institute of Epidemiology and Hygiene   (Ukraine)

^d Prog Appropriate Technol Hlth   (United States)

^e Intl Federation of Red Cross   (Switzerland)

^f CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TETANUS TOXOID; UKRAINE; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 0034053287     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315536     Document Type: Article

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