Immunity to poliovirus among children and the elderly in north-east Italy

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-15

  Majori, S ^a   Baldo, Vincenzo ^b,d   Poli, A ^a   Riolfatti, M ^b   Alborino, F ^c   Bonello, C ^c   Frau, S ^b   Baldovin, T ^b   Dal Zotto, A ^b   Romano, G ^a   Trivello, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Mirano Local Health Unit 13   (Italy)

^d Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunity; Italy; Poliovirus

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INFECTION PREVENTION; ITALY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEROTYPE; SEX RATIO; STUDENT T TEST; VIRUS STRAIN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; POLIOVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROTYPING;

EID: 33750709269     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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