Diphtheria epidemic in the Republic of Uzbekistan, 1993-1996

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Niyazmatov, B I ^a   Shefer, Abigail ^b,d   Grabowsky, Mark ^b,c   Vitek, Charles R ^b  

^a Ministry of Health Uzbekistan   (Uzbekistan)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UZBEKISTAN; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TETANUS TOXOID; UZBEKISTAN; VACCINATION; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 0034093774     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315548     Document Type: Article

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