Diphtheria-neutralizing antibody levels in healthy adults from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-462

  Pimenta, Fabricia Pires ^a   Damasco, Paulo Vieira ^b   Neto, José Cerbino ^c   Lopes, Guilherme Santoro ^d   Raphael Jr , Hirata ^a   Milagres, Lucimar Gonçalves ^a   Mattos Guaraldi, Ana Luíza ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria Estadual de Saude   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Diphtheria; Diphtheria antitoxin; Rio de Janeiro; Vero cells assay

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747109879     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000400019     Document Type: Article

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