Diphtheria toxoid vaccine effectiveness: A case-control study in Russia

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Bisgard, Kristine M ^a,f   Rhodes, Philip ^b,e   Hardy, Iain R B ^a   Litkina, Irina L ^c   Filatov, Nikolai N ^c   Monisov, Anatoly A ^d   Wharton, Melinda ^a  

^a Epidemiol and Surveillance Division   (United States)

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

^c Moscow City Ctr for Sanitary E S   (Russian Federation)

^d N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; INFANT; RUSSIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034092821     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315562     Document Type: Article

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