Seroprevalence of Immunoglobulin G antibodies against pertussis toxin among asymptomatic medical students in the west of Iran: A cross sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hashemi, Seyyed Hamid ^a   Ranjbar, Mitra ^b   Hajilooi, Mehrdad ^a   Seif Rabiei, Mohammad Ali ^a   Bolandi, Mahnaz ^a   Moghimi, Javad ^b  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE STATUS; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERTUSSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION; VACCINE FAILURE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRAN; MALE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149107463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-58     Document Type: Article

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