Effect of a single tetanus-diphtheria vaccine dose on the immunity of elderly people in São Paulo, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 519-523

  Weckx, L Y ^a   Divino Goes, K ^a   Lihama, D M ^a   Carraro, E ^a   Bellei, N ^a   Granato, C F H ^a   de Moraes Pinto, M I ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diphtheria; Elderly; Immunization; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TETANUS;

EID: 33645836689     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006000400012     Document Type: Article

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