Pertussis seroepidemiology in Taipei

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 224-228

  Chiu, Ting Fang ^b   Lee, Chin Yun ^a   Lee, Ping Ing ^a   Lu, Chun Yi ^a   Lin, Hsiao Chuan ^a   Huang, Li Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei Municipal Chung Hsiao Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antifilamentous hemagglutinin antibody; Antipertussis toxin antibody; Pertussis; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERTUSSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEROPREVALENCE; TAIWAN;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAIWAN; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0034066016     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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