Decline of diphtheria immunity and non-diphtheria nasopharyngeal corynebacteria colonization;Decadimento dell'immunttà anttdifterica e colonizzazione nasofaringea da coryneformi non difterici

Igiene Moderna

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-70

  Bergamini, M ^a   Grilli, A ^a   Severini, R ^b   Fabrizi, P ^c   Provvedi, A ^c   Sechi, T ^a   Rausa, G ^d   Castagnari, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Sclavo SpA   (Italy)

^c Sclavo Diagnostics   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corynebacteriaceae; Diphtheria; Diphtheria immunity; Human reservoirs

Indexed keywords

EID: 5244245816     PISSN: 00191655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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