Assessment of serum anti-Bordetella pertussis antibody titers among medical staff members

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 371-374

  Higa, Futoshi ^a,b   Haranaga, Syusaku ^b   Tateyama, Masao ^a,b   Hibiya, Kenji ^a,b   Yamashiro, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Nakamatsu, Miyuki ^a   Tomoyose, Takeaki ^a,b   Nagahama, Masayoshi ^a,b   Okamura, Takayuki ^a,b   Owan, Tomoko ^a,b   Kuda, Tomoharu ^a,b   Kinjo, Fukunori ^a,b   Fujita, Jiro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CLARITHROMYCIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PERTUSSIS TOXIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 54449090841     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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