Respiratory diphtheria among highly vaccinated military trainees in Latvia: Improved protection from DT compared with Td booster vaccination

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 813-820

  Ohuabunwo, Chima ^a,b,g   Perevoscikovs, Jurijs ^c   Griskevica, Aija ^c   Gargiullo, Paul ^b   Brilla, Anita ^d   Viksna, Ludmila ^e   Glismann, Steffen ^f   Wharton, Melinda ^b   Vitek, Charles ^b  

^a Epidemiology Program Office   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^c National Environmental Health Centre   (Latvia)

^d Riga Environmental Health Center   (Latvia)

^e Infectology Centre of Latvia   (Latvia)

^f STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^g GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; LATVIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOCARDITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS VACCINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; LATVIA; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 30544435115     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500262658     Document Type: Article

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