Immunity to poliomyelitis in Victorians

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 432-436

  Hogg, Katherine ^a,b   Hogg, Geoff ^a,b   Lester, Rosemary ^c   Uren, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Prevention and National Health Priorities Section   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACCINATION; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036975252     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00343.x     Document Type: Article

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