Levels of antibodies specific to tetanus toxoid, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide in healthy children and adults

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 202-207

  Schauer, Uwe ^a   Stemberg, Frank ^a   Rieger, Christian H L ^a   Büttner, Wolfgang ^b   Borte, Michael ^c   Schubert, Simone ^c   Möllers, Helga ^d   Riedel, Frank ^d   Herz, Udo ^e   Renz, Harald ^e   Herzog, Wilhelm ^f  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d Altonaer Kinderkrankenhaus   (Germany)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^f Binding Site Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; POLYSACCHARIDE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STRATIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; REFERENCE VALUES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 0037341292     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.2.202-207.2003     Document Type: Article

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