Tetanus antibody titers and duration of immunity to clinical tetanus infections in free-ranging rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 725-731

  Kessler, Matthew J ^a   Berard, John D ^b   Rawlins, Richard G ^c   Bercovitch, Fred B ^d   Gerald, Melissa S ^d   Laudenslager, Mark L ^e   Gonzalez Martinez, Janis ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cayo Santiago; Immunization; Long term immunity; Macaque; Tetanus; Tetanus antibody; Tetanus antitoxin; Tetanus toxoid; Titers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANTIBODY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MORTALITY; PRIMATE; TETANUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASE; TETANUS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAYO SANTIAGO; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 33746035299     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20262     Document Type: Article

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