The seroprevalence of diphtheria among adults in Izmir-Turkey

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 3851-3854

  Alp Cavus, Sema ^a   Avkan Oguz, Vildan ^a   Yuce, Ayse ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult; Diphtheria; Immunity

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPHTHERIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVACCINATION; SEROPREVALENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY;

EID: 34247102717     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.01.104     Document Type: Article

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