Tetanus toxoid coverage as an indicator of serological protection against neonatal tetanus

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 696-703

  Deming, Michael S ^a   Roungou, Jean Baptiste ^b,f   Kristiansen, Max ^c   Heron, Iver ^d   Yango, Alphonse ^e   Guenengafo, Alexis ^e   Ndamobissi, Robert ^b  

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

^b United Nations Children's Fund   (Central African Republic)

^c BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d North American Vaccine Inc   (United States)

^e Plan and International Cooperation   (Central African Republic)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central African Republic (source: MeSH, NLM); Cluster analysis; Immunization programs utilization; Immunization schedule; Infant, Newborn; Seroepidemiologic studies; Tetanus antitoxin; Tetanus toxoid administration and dosage; Tetanus prevention and control

Indexed keywords

TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; TETANUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN TETANUS; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 0036376668     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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