Evaluation of a single dose of diphtheria-tetanus toxoids among adults in Odessa, Ukraine, 1995: Immunogenicity and adverse reactions

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Golaz, Anne ^a   Hardy, Iain R ^a   Glushkevich, Tatiana G ^b   Areytchiuk, Evgueni K ^c   Deforest, Adamadia ^d   Strebel, Peter ^a   Wharton, Melinda ^a   Sutter, Roland W ^a  

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

^b Ministry of Health of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^c Polyclinic 29 ^*  (Ukraine)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UKRAINE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS VACCINE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TETANUS TOXOID; UKRAINE; VACCINATION; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 0034093792     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315558     Document Type: Article

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