Diphtheria: A zoonotic disease in France?

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 4196-4200

  Bonmarin, Isabelle ^a   Guiso, Nicole ^b   Le Flèche Matéos, Anne ^b   Patey, Olivier ^c   Grimont Patrick, A D ^b   Levy Bruhl, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium infections; Diphtheria toxin; Diphtheria toxoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DIPHTHERIA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VACCINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VACCINATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 67349157105     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.04.048     Document Type: Article

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