Evaluation of a single dose of diphtheria toxoid among adults in the Republic of Georgia, 1995: Immunogenicity and adverse reactions

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Khetsuriani, Nino ^a,c,d   Music, Stanley ^a,c,d   Deforest, Adamadia ^b   Sutter, Roland W ^c  

^a Tbilisi Off of the US C for D C   (Georgia)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

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

^d Wake County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034092825     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315559     Document Type: Article

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