Immune status to poliovirus among immigrant workers in Israel

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 685-689

  Calderon Margalit, Ronit ^a   Sofer, Danit ^b   Gefen, Dana ^c   Lewis, Mathew ^c   Shulman, Lester ^b   Mendelson, Ella ^b   Swartz, Tiberio A ^d   Shohat, Tamy ^c,d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Immigration; Immunity; Polio; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; ISRAEL; MALE; PARENTHOOD; PHILIPPINES; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD BOAR;

EID: 17944372454     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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