Persistence of diphtheria, Hyderabad, India, 2003-2006

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1144-1146

  Bitragunta, Sailaja ^a   Murhekar, Manoj V ^a   Hutin, Yvan J ^a   Penumur, Padmanabha P ^b   Gupte, Mohan D ^a  

^a National Institute of Epidemiology   (India)

^b Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Communicable Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSLEM; RELIGION; SEX RATIO; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; ISLAM; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 46349092939     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.071167     Document Type: Article

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