Seroepidemiologic study on pertussis, diphtheria, and tetanus in the Fukuoka area of Southern Japan: Seroprevalence among persons 0-80 years old and vaccination program

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Okada, Kenji ^d   Ueda, Kohji ^a   Morokuma, Kazunori ^b   Kino, Yoichiro ^b   Tokugawa, Ken ^c   Nishima, Sankei ^d  

^a Seinan Jo Gakuin University   (Japan)

^b Kaketsuken   (Japan)

^c Department of Medicine   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PERTUSSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TETANUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; TETANUS ANTITOXIN; VACCINATION;

EID: 2542450918     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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