Loss of immunity to pertussis in a rural community in Senegal [2]

Vaccine

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 594-596

  Broutin, Hélène ^a   Simondon, François ^a   Rohani, Pejman ^b   Guégan, Jean François ^c   Grenfell, Bryan T ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LETTER; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL;

EID: 1642452622     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.07.018     Document Type: Letter

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